Pniewite

Coordinates: 53°19′37″N 18°39′50″E / 53.32694°N 18.66389°E / 53.32694; 18.66389
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Pniewite
Village
Pniewite is located in Poland
Pniewite
Pniewite
Pniewite is located in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pniewite
Pniewite
Coordinates: 53°19′37″N 18°39′50″E / 53.32694°N 18.66389°E / 53.32694; 18.66389
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyChełmno
GminaLisewo
Population
410
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCCH

Pniewite [pɲɛˈvitɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lisewo, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Chełmno and 33 km (21 mi) north of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History[edit]

The village was established in 1250.

During the German occupation (World War II), Pniewite was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.