Święte | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.7833°N 65°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Aleksandrów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Koneck |
Registration Plate: | CAL |
Święte (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koneck, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) east of Koneck, 110NaN0 south-east of Aleksandrów Kujawski, and 300NaN0 south of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[2]