Bobrowniki

Bobrowniki ([bɔbrɔvˈniki]) is a town in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Lipno and 37 km (23 mi) south-east of Toruń. In the Middle Ages the town was one of the centres of the Dobrzyń Land.

Near Bobrowniki, there is a remarkable power line crossing of the Vistula river.

History

The town contains ruins of the castle, built at the end of 14th century by Teutonic Knights at the place of a former Polish gród.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several local farmers and activists were among the victimes of a massacre of Poles, perpetrated by the Germans in nearby Radomice on October 8, 1939 as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.^[2] Local Polish teachers were arrested and imprisoned in Włocławek, and two local school principals were sent to Nazi concentration camps and murdered there.^[3]

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 175.
^ Wardzyńska, pp. 176, 180–181

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