Pobórka Wielka Explained

Pobórka Wielka
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Piła
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Białośliwie
Coordinates:53.1333°N 23°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Pobórka Wielka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Białośliwie, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-west of Białośliwie, 250NaN0 east of Piła, and 830NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań.

During the German occupation of Poland during World War II, some Polish inhabitants of Pobórka Wielka, were murdered by the Germans on the slope of the Góra Wysoka hill in nearby Wysoka in two mass executions on October 21 and November 21 (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 (2009) Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, p. 164 (in Polish)