Czajcze, Piła County Explained

Czajcze
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Coordinates:53.1906°N 17.1222°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Piła
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wysoka
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1427
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+01:00
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:89-320
Area Code:+48 67
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:PP

Czajcze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wysoka, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]

The oldest known mention of Czajcze dates back to 1427, when it was part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. During the German occupation of Poland during World War II, some Polish inhabitants of Czajcze, were murdered by the Germans on the slope of the Góra Wysoka hill in nearby Wysoka in two mass executions on October 21 and November 21 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

There is a historic palace and a historic narrow-gauge railway station in the village.

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 164 (in Polish)