Wielgie (german: Wilgen) is a village in
Lipno County,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland.
It is the seat of the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Wielgie
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Gmina Wielgie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wielgie, which lies approximately south-east of Lipno and south-east of T ...
. It lies approximately south-east of
Lipno and south-east of
Toruń.
History
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II),
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
from Wielgie were among the victims of large massacres of Poles from the county carried out by the Germans in nearby
Karnkowo as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''.
References
Wielgie
Płock Governorate
Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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