Mniszek | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Świecie |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Dragacz |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.4667°N 55°W |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CSW |
Blank Name Sec2: | Highway |
Mniszek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dragacz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-west of Dragacz, 140NaN0 north-east of Świecie, 490NaN0 north of Toruń, and 570NaN0 north-east of Bydgoszcz.
About 10,000 Polish civilians were murdered near Mniszek by the Germans during the World War II occupation of Poland (1939–1945). There is a memorial at the site.