Wieniec-Zdrój is a spa in the administrative district of

Gmina Brześć Kujawski __NOTOC__ Gmina Brześć Kujawski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Brześć Kujawski, which lies approximately south-west ...

, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Brześć Kujawski, west of

Włocławek Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...

, and south-east of Toruń.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. Shortly before their withdrawal, on January 18, 1945, the Germans committed a massacre of nine

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 ...

in Wieniec-Zdrój (see '' Nazi crimes against the Polish nation'').

References

Villages in Włocławek County Spa towns in Poland Sites of World War II massacres of Poles Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland {{Włocławek-geo-stub