Malenin, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Malenin [maˈlɛnin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tczew, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Tczew and 26 km (16 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Malenin
Village
Malenin is located in Poland
Malenin
Malenin
Coordinates: 54°8′7″N 18°41′15″E / 54.13528°N 18.68750°E / 54.13528; 18.68750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyTczew
GminaTczew
Population
389
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGTC
Highways

History edit

Malenin was a private church village of the Diocese of Włocławek, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939 the Germans carried out a massacre of Polish teachers in the village, as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 120.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 275.