Tryszczyn
Appearance
Tryszczyn | |
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Village | |
Hydroelectric power plant in Tryszczyn | |
Coordinates: 53°14′N 17°55′E / 53.233°N 17.917°E | |
Country | |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Bydgoszcz |
Gmina | Koronowo |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CBY |
Primary airport | Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport |
Highways | |
National roads | |
Voivodeship roads |
Tryszczyn [ˈtrɨʂt͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koronowo, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Koronowo and 15 km (9 mi) north-west of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.
History
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 158.
- ^ Drywa, Danuta (2020). "Germanizacja dzieci i młodzieży polskiej na Pomorzu Gdańskim z uwzględnieniem roli obozu koncentracyjnego Stutthof". In Kostkiewicz, Janina (ed.). Zbrodnia bez kary... Eksterminacja i cierpienie polskich dzieci pod okupacją niemiecką (1939–1945) (in Polish). Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Biblioteka Jagiellońska. p. 180.