Raduń, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Raduń [ˈraduɲ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dziemiany, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Dziemiany, 22 km (14 mi) south-west of Kościerzyna, and 72 km (45 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

Raduń
Village
Raduń Lake
Raduń
Coordinates: 53°58′10″N 17°45′46″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Kościerzyna
Gmina	Dziemiany
Population	170
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Raduń was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939 and 1944, the Germans expelled many Polish families from the village, either to the General Government or to forced labour in Germany.^[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 113 (in Polish)
3. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, pp. 50, 129 (in Polish)