Wojtal Explained

Wojtal
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chojnice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Czersk
Coordinates:53.8939°N 18.0342°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:GCH
Population Total:202

Wojtal is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12km (07miles) north of Czersk, 390NaN0 north-east of Chojnice, and 660NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Wojtal was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to the General Government (German-occupied central Poland), while their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

Transportation

Wojtal railway station is located in the village.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Biskup. Marian. Tomczak. Andrzej. 1955. Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.. pl. Toruń. 124.
  3. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2017. Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 72. 978-83-8098-174-4.