Karnkowo [karnˈkɔvɔ] (German: Karndorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipno, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Lipno and 47 km (29 mi) south-east of Toruń. It is located in the historic Dobrzyń Land.

Karnkowo
Village
Church of Saint Hedwig in Karnkowo
Karnkowo Show map of Poland Karnkowo Show map of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Coordinates: 52°52′N 19°15′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Lipno
Gmina	Gmina Lipno
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CLI
National roads

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Karnkowo was the site of large massacres, in which Germans murdered around 200 Poles, inhabitants of Karnkowo, as well as nearby towns of Lipno and Skępe and other nearby villages.[2] Local teacher Władysław Karczewski was among Polish teachers murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp during the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

Notable people

• Stanisław Karnkowski (1520–1603), archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland, bishop of Kuyavia, royal secretary of Polish kings, interrex in 1586–1587
• Józef Bartczak [pl] (1894–1940), Polish military officer, Katyn massacre victim

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