Osie ([ˈɔɕɛ]) is a village in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osie. It lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Świecie, 59 km (37 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 66 km (41 mi) north of Toruń.
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Village | |
 Exaltation of the Holy Cross church in Osie | |
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| Coordinates: 53°35′54″N 18°20′37″E / 53.59833°N 18.34361°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Świecie |
| Gmina | Osie |
| Population | 2,520 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CSW |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
The Wda Landscape Park is located in Osie.
History edit
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Osie was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion,[2] and inhabitants of Osie were also among the victims of a massacre of Poles committed by the German Selbstschutz in nearby Jastrzębie in January 1940.[3] In 1941, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, who were sent to a transit camp in Tczew, and then deported to the Warsaw District of the General Government (German-occupied central Poland), while their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]
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. 44.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 182.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
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