Nielub Explained

Nielub
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Wąbrzeźno
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Wąbrzeźno
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:53.2667°N 72°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Nielub is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąbrzeźno, within Wąbrzeźno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) south-west of Wąbrzeźno and 330NaN0 north-east of Toruń.

During the occupation of Poland (World War II), on October 17, 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of Poles from Wąbrzeźno in the village (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 178 (in Polish)