Świerkocin | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.5328°N 18.82°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grudziądz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Grudziądz |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CGR |
Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
Świerkocin (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grudziądz, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-east of Grudziądz and 580NaN0 north of Toruń.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Świerkocin was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]