Brzeźno | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Aleksandrów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Koneck |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.8333°N 63°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CAL |
Brzeźno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koneck, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Koneck, 50NaN0 south-east of Aleksandrów Kujawski, and 240NaN0 south of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.
The village dates back to medieval Piast-ruled Poland. According to a document from 1250, the village was owned by the Bishops of Kuyavia.[2] In the late 19th century it had a population of 201.[2]
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.[3]