Grzybno, Chełmno County Explained

Grzybno
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chełmno
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Unisław
Coordinates:53.1944°N 18.4419°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:CCH
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Grzybno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Unisław, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 20km (10miles) south of Chełmno, 220NaN0 north-west of Toruń, and 310NaN0 east of Bydgoszcz.

The local landmark is the medieval Gothic Saint Michael Archangel church.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942, the German gendarmerie and Einsatzkompanie Thorn carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed either in the Potulice concentration camp, in a transit camp in Toruń or in a Germanisation camp in Jabłonowo-Zamek.[2] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

Administrative division

Several adjacent settlements are considered part of Grzybno: Bobak, Chiny, Garwolin, Korea, Pod Głażewo, Pod Siemion, Pod Unisław.[4]

Transport

There is a train station in the village.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2017. Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 122–123. 978-83-8098-174-4.
  3. Wardzyńska, p. 123
  4. Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części. 2013. 200.