Jastrzębie, Świecie County

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Jastrzębie
Village
Jastrzębie is located in Poland
Jastrzębie
Jastrzębie
Coordinates: 53°32′N 18°16′E / 53.533°N 18.267°E / 53.533; 18.267Coordinates: 53°32′N 18°16′E / 53.533°N 18.267°E / 53.533; 18.267
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyŚwiecie
GminaDrzycim
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCSW
Voivodeship roadsDW239-PL.svg

Jastrzębie [jasˈtʂɛmbjɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Drzycim, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Drzycim, 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Świecie, and 50 km (31 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in January 1940, the German Selbstschutz carried out a massacre of dozens of Poles in the forest near Jastrzębie.[2]

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. 182.



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