Wielkie Czyste | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Chełmno |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stolno |
Coordinates: | 53.2925°N 18.4992°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 120 |
Registration Plate: | CCH |
Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
Wielkie Czyste is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 3km (02miles) south of Stolno, 100NaN0 south-east of Chełmno, 300NaN0 north of Toruń, and 390NaN0 north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
The landmark of Wielkie Czyste is the Gothic church of St. Catherine, built in the 13th century.
During the German occupation (World War II), local Polish priests were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in 1939 in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]