Bobrowniki

Bobrowniki
Town
Ruins of the castle
Ruins of the castle
Coat of arms of Bobrowniki
Coat of arms
Bobrowniki is located in Poland
Bobrowniki
Bobrowniki
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 52°46′36″N 18°57′26″E / 52.77667°N 18.95722°E / 52.77667; 18.95722
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyLipno
GminaBobrowniki
Population
 • Total
980
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCLI
Websitehttp://ugbobrowniki.pl/

Bobrowniki ([bɔbrɔvˈniki]) is a town in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bobrowniki. In the Middle Ages the town was one of the centres of the Dobrzyń Land.

History

The town contains ruins of the castle, built at the end of 14th century by Teutonic Knights at the place of a former Polish gród. Bobrowniki was a royal town, administratively located in the Lipno County in the Inowrocław Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several local farmers and activists were among the victimes of a massacre of Poles, perpetrated by the Germans in nearby Radomice on October 8, 1939 as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign. Local Polish teachers were arrested and imprisoned in Włocławek, and two local school principals were sent to Nazi concentration camps and murdered there.

References

  1. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Kujawy i ziemia dobrzyńska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2021. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 175.
  4. ↑ Wardzyńska, pp. 176, 180–181