Wabcz [vapt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Stolno, 10 km (6 mi) east of Chełmno, 36 km (22 mi) north of Toruń, and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
Wabcz | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°21′N 18°34′E / 53.350°N 18.567°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Chełmno |
Gmina | Stolno |
Population | 660 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CCH |
National roads |
History
editDuring the German occupation (World War II), Wabcz was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Local Polish priests were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] In January 1942, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]
Sports
editThe local football club is Wojownik Wabcz.[5] It competes in the lower leagues.
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 46.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ "Wojownik Wabcz - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 August 2021.