Łęgnowo

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Łęgnowo is a district of the Polish city ​​of Bydgoszcz with 2,798 inhabitants.

history

Mennonite house in Łęgnowo

The district consists of the former village Łęgnowo-Wieś (former names: Czersk Niemiecki, German Czersk, Grünbach, Langenau) and the former settlement Łęgnowo-Osiedle Awaryjne (former names: Czersk Polski, Polish Czersk, Brahnau) . In the 16th century the landowners settled Dutch Mennonites in the area , in the 18th and 19th centuries German colonists settled in the area.

After the attack on Poland , the Germans built the Dynamit Nobel AG Bromberg in Brahnau . In July 1940, they built the external labor camp Bromberg-Brahnau the Stutthof concentration camp . Around 6,000 forced laborers from the DAG Bromberg were housed in the camp. On January 28, 1945, the inmates of the camp were liberated by the Red Army . Until June 1945 there was a satellite camp of the Central Labor Camp Potulice in the buildings , in which 1,500 Germans were interned.

In 1977 Łęgnowo was incorporated into Bydgoszcz.

traffic

The Bydgoszcz Łęgnowo stop is on the Kutno – Piła railway line .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Oficjalny Serwis Bydgoszczy - Liczba ludnosci w jednostkach urbanistycznych. In: bydgoszcz.pl. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Jac van Essen: My Holland. Volk und reich verlag, 1944 limited preview in Google book search
  3. ↑ Bydgoskie Stowarzyszenie Mi³o¶ników Zabytków "BUNKIER" - Artyku³y: DAG In: bsmz.org. Retrieved December 29, 2014 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 6 '  N , 18 ° 8'  E