Nowa Chełmża

Nowa Chełmża
Village
Nowa Chełmża is located in Poland
Nowa Chełmża
Nowa Chełmża
Coordinates: 53°12′24″N 18°38′34″E / 53.20667°N 18.64278°E / 53.20667; 18.64278
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyToruń
GminaChełmża
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCTR

Nowa Chełmża [ˈnɔva ˈxɛu̯mʐa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Chełmża and 20 km (12 mi) north of Toruń. It is located in Chełmno Land within the historic region of Pomerania.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Nowa Chełmża was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

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. 43.


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