Bobrowo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brodnica |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Bobrowo |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.2833°N 36°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CBR |
Bobrowo is a village in Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bobrowo. It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-west of Brodnica and 530NaN0 north-east of Toruń.
In 1634, the starost of Pokrzywno granted the village to the Benedictines from Grudziądz.[2] It remained their possession until 1772, and later on it passed to Polish nobility, including the Jezierski and Czapski families.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the occupiers forced local Poles to sign the Deutsche Volksliste. Those who refused were beaten to death by the Germans, and their bodies were laid in front of the German police station for several days to terrorize the population.[3]