Świecie nad Osą | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Coordinates: | 53.4442°N 19.1031°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grudziądz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Świecie nad Osą |
Population Total: | 870 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CGR |
Świecie nad Osą (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Świecie nad Osą. It lies approximately 27km (17miles) east of Grudziądz and 710NaN0 north-east of Toruń.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Świecie nad Osą was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]