Tryszczyn Explained

Tryszczyn
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Kuyavian-Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bydgoszcz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Koronowo
Coordinates:53.2333°N 72°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:CBY
Blank Name Sec2:Primary airport
Blank Info Sec2:Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport
Blank1 Name Sec2:Highways
Blank2 Name Sec2:National roads
Blank3 Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Tryszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koronowo, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 10km (10miles) south of Koronowo and 150NaN0 north-west of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, Tryszczyn was the site of large massacres of Poles from Bydgoszcz carried out by the Germans as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Among the victims were teachers, activists, priests, old people, and even boy and girl scouts, gymnasium students, and children as young as 12.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 158.
  3. Book: Drywa, Danuta. Kostkiewicz. Janina. 2020. Zbrodnia bez kary... Eksterminacja i cierpienie polskich dzieci pod okupacją niemiecką (1939–1945). pl. Kraków. Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Biblioteka Jagiellońska. 180. Germanizacja dzieci i młodzieży polskiej na Pomorzu Gdańskim z uwzględnieniem roli obozu koncentracyjnego Stutthof.