Linowo | |
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: | Świecie nad Osą |
Coordinates: | 53.425°N 19.0431°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 600 |
Registration Plate: | CGR |
Linowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świecie nad Osą, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south-west of Świecie nad Osą, 200NaN0 south-east of Grudziądz, and 520NaN0 north-east of Toruń. It is located in Chełmno Land within the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Linowo was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Local sołtys (head of local administration) and several other local Poles, including a 17-year-old boy, were also murdered by the Germans in Mełno in October 1939.[3]
There is a train station in the village.