Pińczata [piɲˈt͡ʂata] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włocławek, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Włocławek and 58 km (36 mi) south-east of Toruń. It is located within the historic region of Kuyavia.
Pińczata | |
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Village | |
Pińczata Pińczata | |
Coordinates: 52°36′12″N 19°4′50″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Włocławek County |
Gmina | Gmina Włocławek |
Population | 750 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CWL |
The village has a population of 750.
During the occupation of Poland (World War II), the forest of Pińczata was the site of German massacres of Poles from Włocławek, carried out as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]
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Present-day Poland |
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Pre-war Polish Volhynia (Wołyń Voivodeship, present-day Ukraine) | |
Pre-war Polish Eastern Galicia (Stanisławów Voivodeship, Tarnopol Voivodeship and the bulk of Lwów Voivodeship, present-day Ukraine) |
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Polish self-defence centres in Volhynia |
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Remainder of present-day Ukraine |
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Pre-war Polish Nowogródek and Wilno Voivodeships (present-day Belarus) |
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Remainder of present-day Belarus |
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Pre-war Polish Wilno Region (Wilno Voivodeship, present-day Lithuania) |
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Present-day Russia | |
Present-day Germany |
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