Grzybno | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 53°11′40″N 18°26′31″E / 53.19444°N 18.44194°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Chełmno |
Gmina | Unisław |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CCH |
Voivodeship roads |
Grzybno [ˈɡʐɨbnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Unisław, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Chełmno, 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Toruń, and 31 km (19 mi) east of Bydgoszcz.
The local landmark is the medieval Gothic Saint Michael Archangel church.
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1942, the German gendarmerie and Einsatzkompanie Thorn carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed either in the Potulice concentration camp, in a transit camp in Toruń or in a Germanisation camp in Jabłonowo-Zamek. [2] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [3]
Several adjacent settlements are considered part of Grzybno: Bobak, Chiny, Garwolin, Korea, Pod Głażewo, Pod Siemion, Pod Unisław. [4]
There is a train station in the village.