Pruszcz [pruʂt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gostycyn, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Gostycyn, 17 km (11 mi) south of Tuchola, and 39 km (24 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

Pruszcz
Village
Parish church from 1762.
Pruszcz
Coordinates: 53°26′56″N 17°49′39″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Tuchola
Gmina	Gostycyn
Population	870

The village has a population of 870.

History

Pruszcz was the site of a minor battle during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. On September 1, 1939 the German 3rd Panzer Division, part of General Heinz Guderian's XIX Army Corps, advanced through the village seeking to capture a railway bridge over the Brda River 3 km to the east. Around 09:15 the lead German units encountered elements of the Polish 9th Infantry Division's 34th Infantry Regiment. In the two hour battle that followed the Polish troops suceeded in destroying a Panzer IV medium tank using a 37mm anti-tank gun, while 22 Polish infantrymen were killed in the action. The skirmish bought time for Polish troops to partially burn the bridge over the Brda, delaying the German advance for several hours.[2]

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