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.
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]
Wojtal railway station is located in the village.