Kraczki Explained

Kraczki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nakło
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sadki
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:53.1833°N 39°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:348
Registration Plate:CNA

Kraczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sadki, within Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Sadki, 160NaN0 west of Nakło nad Notecią, and 430NaN0 west of Bydgoszcz.

History

The area formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. Kraczki was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] The village was annexed by Prussia in the late-18th-century Partitions of Poland, and was also part of Germany from 1871. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Poles from Kraczki were among the victims of massacres of Poles from the county, perpetrated by the SS and Selbstschutz in the forest near Sadki in October and November 1939 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: . Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany. 2017. pl. Warsaw. Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 1b.
  3. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 164.