| Pniewite | |
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| Village | |
  Pniewite | |
| Coordinates: 53°19′37″N 18°39′50″E / 53.32694°N 18.66389°E / 53.32694; 18.66389 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Chełmno |
| Gmina | Lisewo |
| Population | 410 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CCH |
Pniewite is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lisewo, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Chełmno and 33 km (21 mi) north of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
The village was established in 1250.
During the German occupation (World War II), Pniewite was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. Local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
- Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.
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