Bysław [ˈbɨswaf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubiewo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Lubiewo, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Tuchola, and 44 km (27 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the Tuchola Forest in the historic region of Pomerania.

Bysław
Village
Church of the Transfiguration in Bysław
Church of the Transfiguration in Bysław
Bysław is located in Poland
Bysław
Bysław
Coordinates: 53°30′25″N 17°59′38″E / 53.50694°N 17.99389°E / 53.50694; 17.99389
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyTuchola
GminaLubiewo
Population
1,500
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCTU
Websitehttp://www.byslaw.las.pl/index.html

History

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The name of the village comes from the Old Polish male name Zbysław. Bysław 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 several Polish farmers and the local priest during large massacres of Poles in Rudzki Most.[3] In 1941, the Germans expelled 105 Poles, who were initially deported to the Potulice concentration camp, where two children died, and afterwards some were deported to forced labour to Germany.[4] Their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4] Further expulsions were carried out in 1942–1943.[5]

References

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  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. pp. 170–171.
  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. 97. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
  5. ^ Wardzyńska (2017), pp. 121, 135