Dąbrówka Królewska Explained

Dąbrówka Królewska
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Grudziądz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gruta
Coordinates:53.5°N 74°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:700
Registration Plate:CGR

Dąbrówka Królewska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gruta, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Gruta, 110NaN0 east of Grudziądz, and 560NaN0 north of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), Dąbrówka Królewska was one of the sites of executions of Poles carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Farmers from Dąbrówka Królewska were also murdered by the German SS and Selbstschutz in the large massacre of Poles committed in 1939 in nearby Białochowo, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: . The Pomeranian Crime 1939. 2018. Warsaw. IPN. 40.
  3. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 172.