Jeleńcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Coordinates: 53°33′34″N 17°44′43″E / 53.55944°N 17.74528°E / 53.55944; 17.74528
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Jeleńcz
Village
Christ the King church in Jeleńcz
Christ the King church in Jeleńcz
Jeleńcz is located in Poland
Jeleńcz
Jeleńcz
Jeleńcz is located in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Jeleńcz
Jeleńcz
Coordinates: 53°33′34″N 17°44′43″E / 53.55944°N 17.74528°E / 53.55944; 17.74528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyTuchola
GminaKęsowo
Population
 • Total200
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCTU

Jeleńcz [ˈjɛlɛɲt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Kęsowo, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Tuchola, and 52 km (32 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History[edit]

Jeleńcz was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered the sołtys of Jeleńcz (head of the local administration) in the massacre in Rudzki Most as part of the Intelligenzaktion,[3] and carried out expulsions of local Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4] Some Poles were deported to forced labour to Germany.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 123.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 171.
  4. ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 122. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.