Rataje [raˈtajɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łobżenica, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1]
Rataje | |
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Village | |
![]() Sanctuary in Górka Klasztorna | |
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Coordinates: 53.2595°N 17.2441°E / 53.2595; 17.2441 | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County | Piła |
Gmina | Łobżenica |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | PP |
The landmark Basilica and Sanctuary of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Monastery of the Missionaries of the Holy Family is located in Górka Klasztorna in the northern outskirts of the village. It is a Catholic pilgrimage site.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the monastery in Górka Klasztorna was the site of a massacre of over 120 Poles from nearby towns and villages, perpetrated by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] The victims were either shot in the back of the head or shot with a machine gun while lying on the ground.[2]
Massacres of ethnic Poles in World War II | |
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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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Wilno Region Proper in the pre-war Polish Wilno Voivodeship (present-day Lithuania) |
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Present-day Russia | |
Present-day Germany |
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