Lipusz
Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lipusz [ˈlipuʂ] is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipusz.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Kościerzyna and 63 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
Lipusz | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°5′51″N 17°47′4″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Kościerzyna |
Gmina | Lipusz |
Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
Population | 2,403 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | http://www.lipusz.eu |
Lipusz 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, the Germans carried out a massacre of 20 Poles from Lipusz, including railwaymen, farmers, millers, a secretary of the local forestry, a teacher and a postman, in the nearby forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[3] Families of the victims were expelled.[4] Some Poles from Lipusz were also murdered in the forest near Skarszewy,[5] and further expulsions of Poles were carried out in 1943 and 1944.[6] The expellees were either deported to forced labour or to the General Government.[6]
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