Sarnowo, Chełmno County

Sarnowo [sarˈnɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Stolno, 19 km (12 mi) east of Chełmno, and 38 km (24 mi) north of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

Sarnowo
Village
Gothic Saint Martin church in Sarnowo
Sarnowo
Coordinates: 53°22′N 18°42′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Chełmno
Gmina	Stolno
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CCH
Highways

History

During the German occupation (World War II), Sarnowo 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]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 45.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.