Dusocin

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Dusocin
Village
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Dusocin is located in Poland
Dusocin
Dusocin
Coordinates: 53°35′N 18°52′E / 53.583°N 18.867°E / 53.583; 18.867Coordinates: 53°35′N 18°52′E / 53.583°N 18.867°E / 53.583; 18.867
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyGrudziądz County
GminaGmina Grudziądz
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCGR
National roadsDK55-PL.svg

Dusocin [duˈsɔt͡ɕin] (German: Schöntal) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grudziądz, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Grudziądz and 64 km (40 mi) north of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, some Polish farmers from Dusocin were murdered by the Germans in the  [pl] in the nearby village of Białochowo (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

Notable residents[]

  • Ludwik Rydygier (1850–1920), renown Polish surgeon and professor of medicine

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 172.


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