Złe Mięso [ˈzwɛ ˈmjɛ̃sɔ] (Lit.: Evil Meat or Bad Meat; German: Bösenfleisch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Czersk, 40 km (25 mi) east of Chojnice, and 69 km (43 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the Tuchola Forest in the historic region of Pomerania.

Złe Mięso
Village
Entrance to the village
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Coordinates: 53°49′41″N 18°6′25″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Chojnice
Gmina	Czersk
Population	195
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GCH

The village has a population of 195.

Name and history

Earliest written mentions are German-language Boszfleyth (1480) and Bösem fleisch (1495). Polish versions are Liemieszo (1585) then Złe Mięso (1664). The names stabilized by the 17th century in German and Polish as respectively Bösenfleisch and Złe Mięso.

Złe Mięso was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] In the 1868 and 1885 it had 70 and 72 inhabitants, respectively, almost exclusively Catholics.[3]

Legend

According to a legend, there was a small inn by a river ford next to the village. A series of mysterious disappearances of travellers hasn't been connected to a new innkeeper, until after several years of investigation it was revealed it was the innkeeper who not only murdered and robbed those guests but also fed their flesh to other customers. The proprietor was then hanged and the inn demolished to the ground.

Archaeology

According to a 1994 dig, the village existed in the neolithic 6000 years ago, and has been since inhabited continuously or near-continuously.

References

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