Grupa, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Grupa | |
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Village | |
Grupa train station | |
Coordinates: 53°30′22″N 18°38′7″E / 53.50611°N 18.63528°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Świecie |
Gmina | Dragacz |
Population | 541 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Grupa [ˈɡrupa] (German: Gruppe) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dragacz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Dragacz, 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Świecie, 53 km (33 mi) north of Toruń, and 61 km (38 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 541.
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Grupa was a private village within the Polish Crown, owned by various Polish nobles, administratively located in the Świecie County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), from September to December 1939, Grupa was the site of large massacres of Poles from the Świecie County, carried out by the Germans as part of the Intelligenzaktion Pommern.[3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 106-107 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 167, 184 (in Polish)