Bralewnica

Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

53°31′0″N 17°44′57″E / 53.51667°N 17.74917°E / 53.51667; 17.74917Country

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Bralewnica [bralɛvˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Kęsowo, 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Tuchola, and 48 km (30 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Bralewnica was mentioned in medieval documents in 1300, 1369 and 1385.^[2] It was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered several Polish inhabitants of Bralewnica on 3 November 1940, and then on November 5 they expelled the families of the victims, while their farms were handed over to Germans as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[4]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XV cz. 1 (in Polish). Warsaw. 1900. p. 226.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 123.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 78. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.