| Pruszcz | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Świecie |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pruszcz |
| Coordinates: | 53.3294°N 18.1986°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Population Total: | 2300 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | CSW |
| Website: | https://www.pruszcz.pl/ |
Pruszcz (Polish pronunciation:) is a town in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Pruszcz. It lies approximately 19km (12miles) south-west of Świecie and 280NaN0 north-east of Bydgoszcz.
The town has a population of 2,300.
In 1349, Pruszcz was mentioned as a settlement on the border between the regions of Kuyavia and Pomerania.[2] Pruszcz was a possession of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Świecie County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Pruszcz was occupied by Germany until 1945. In 1941, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to transit camps in Tczew and, Bydgoszcz, while their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]