Wielki Mędromierz () is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Gostycyn __NOTOC__ Gmina Gostycyn is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gostycyn, which lies approximately south of Tuchola and north of Bydgosz ...

, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

7 June 1313 is the date of the first known document to mention the village. The Święców family was buying it from the Teutonic Order. Wielki Mędromierz was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The ...

. During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1940–1942 and 1944, the Germans carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses were then handed over to Germans as part of the '' Lebensraum'' policy. Many of the expelled Poles were initially imprisoned in the

Potulice concentration camp Potulice concentration camp (german: UWZ Lager Lebrechtsdorf– Potulitz) was a concentration camp established and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II in Potulice near Nakło in the territory of occupied Poland. Until the spring of 1941 i ...

and then enslaved as

forced labour Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...

of new German colonists.

References

Villages in Tuchola County {{Tuchola-geo-stub