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Nowawieś Chełmińska

Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 18°33′30″E / 53.37111°N 18.55833°E / 53.37111; 18.55833
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Nowawieś Chełmińska
Village
Volunteer fire department in Nowawieś Chełmińska
Volunteer fire department in Nowawieś Chełmińska
Nowawieś Chełmińska is located in Poland
Nowawieś Chełmińska
Nowawieś Chełmińska
Coordinates: 53°22′16″N 18°33′30″E / 53.37111°N 18.55833°E / 53.37111; 18.55833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyChełmno
GminaChełmno
Population
180
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCCH

Nowawieś Chełmińska [nɔˈvavjɛɕ xɛu̯ˈmiɲska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Chełmno, 38 km (24 mi) north of Toruń, and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

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During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers and farmers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

References

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