Buszkowo, Bydgoszcz County

For other places with the same name, see Buszkowo.

Buszkowo [buʂˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Koronowo, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Koronowo and 27 km (17 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.

Buszkowo
Village
Holy Spirit church in Buszkowo
Buszkowo
Coordinates: 53°20′43″N 17°51′43″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Bydgoszcz
Gmina	Koronowo
Population	400
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CBY
National roads

History

During the German occupation (World War II), the forest near Buszkowo was the site of a large massacre of Poles from Koronowo and nearby villages, committed by the Germans on October 5–6, 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.^[2] In 1941, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[3] Expelled Poles were placed in a transit camp in Toruń, and then deported either to the Warsaw District of the General Government in German-occupied central Poland or to forced labour in Germany.^[3]

Notable people

• Aleksander Mendyk [pl] (1979–2008), Polish heavy metal singer and guitarist