Kuczbork-Osada

Kuczbork-Osada
Village
Coat of arms of Kuczbork-Osada
Coat of arms
Kuczbork-Osada is located in Poland
Kuczbork-Osada
Kuczbork-Osada
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 53°5′N 20°3′E / 53.083°N 20.050°E / 53.083; 20.050
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyŻuromin
GminaKuczbork-Osada
Population
 • Total
310
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWZU
Websitehttp://ugkuczbork.webpark.pl/

Kuczbork-Osada [ˈkut͡ʂbɔrk ɔˈsada] is a village in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kuczbork-Osada.

History

It was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Szreńsk County in the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Germany until 1945. The local Polish police chief was murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.

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. ↑ Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. p. 3.
  3. ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 957. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
  4. ↑ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». p. 448. ISBN 978-5-6041921-5-3.