Gmina Książki

Gmina Książki
	Gmina Książki
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Kuyavian Pomeranian
Powiat :	Wąbrzeźno
Geographic location :	53 ° 19 ′  N , 19 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	101 m npm
Residents :	see Gmina
Postal code :	87-222
Telephone code :	(+48) 56
License plate :	CWA
Economy and Transport
Street :	Wąbrzeźno - Jabłonowo Pomorskie
Rail route :	Toruń – Olsztyn
Next international airport :	Bydgoszcz Airport
Gmina
Gminatype:	Rural community
Gmina structure:	8 localities
Surface:	86.54 km²
Residents:	4163 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	48 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	0417032
Administration (as of 2007)
Community leader :	Jerzy Polcyn
Address:	ul.Bankowa 4 87-222 Książki
Website :	www.gminaksiazki.pl

The Gmina Książki is a rural community in the powiat Wąbrzeski in the Polish Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . Its seat is in the village of the same name ( German Ksionsken , 1878–1920: Hohenkirch ).

geography

The municipality is located in the historical Kulmer Land (former West Prussia , about 50 kilometers northeast of Toruń (Thorn) ). 88% of the community area is used for agriculture, 1% is forest.

Administrative history

The area of ​​the municipality belonged to Poland as early as 1920-1939.

From 1975 to 1998 the rural community was part of the Toruń Voivodeship .

structure

The following localities belong to the municipality:

Polish name	German name (until 1920 and 1939–45)
Blizienko	Blysinken (1940–45 Kleinbliesen )
Blizno	Blew
Brudzawki	Klein Brudzau (1940–45 Kleinbrusau )
Książki	Hohenkirch ( Ksionken until 1878 )
Łopatki	House Lopatken (1910–45 Kieslingswalde )
Osieczek	Osieczek (1895–1945 Seeheim )
Szczuplinki	Czeplinken (1940-45 Schippelsdorf )
Zaskocz	Zaskotsch (1940-45 manor )

economy

The community has an entirely agricultural character. The cultivation of sugar beets, potatoes and various types of wheat predominates. In animal husbandry, pigs and cattle predominate.

Attractions

• Memorial to fifty Polish residents murdered on September 8, 1939 on the Książki – Brudzawki road.
• Soviet military cemetery opposite the Książki Church, where soldiers who fell in fighting with Germans in January 1945 were buried.

Web links

Commons : Gmina Książki  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Polish)

Footnotes

1. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .