Glinojeck Explained

Glinojeck
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ciechanów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Glinojeck
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Łukasz Kapczyński
Established Title:Established
Established Date:15th century
Established Title3:Town rights
Established Date3:1993
Area Total Km2:7.37
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:3052
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:52.8167°N 37°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:06-450
Area Code:+48 23
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:WCI
Blank Name Sec2:National roads
Website:http://www.glinojeck.net/

Glinojeck is a town in Poland, with 3,087 inhabitants (2004).

History

A sugar refinery was founded in a Glinojeck in 1858.[1]

During the German occupation (World War II), disabled people from Glinojeck were murdered by the Germans in a massacre carried out in February 1940 in the nearby village of Ościsłowo.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II. 1881. pl. Warszawa. 590.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warszawa. IPN. 236.