Rusocin [ruˈsɔt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Pruszcz Gdański and 16 km (10 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
Rusocin | |
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Village | |
 Manor in the village | |
  Rusocin | |
| Coordinates: 54°13′42″N 18°37′35″E / 54.22833°N 18.62639°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Gdańsk |
| Gmina | Pruszcz Gdański |
| Population | |
| • Total | 980 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GDA |
| Highways |   |
| Website | http://www.rusocin.80.pl |
History edit
Rusocin was a private village owned by various Polish nobles, incl. the Dąbrowski and Wojanowski families, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772.
During World War II, from September 1944 to February 1945, the village was the location of a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp, in which Nazi Germans imprisoned around 300 Jewish women as forced labour.[3]
Transport edit
The village is located close to the start/end point of the A1 and S6 highways.
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 117.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Gliński, Mirosław. "Podobozy i większe komanda zewnętrzne obozu Stutthof (1939–1945)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 3: 177. ISSN 0137-5377.
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