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Łąg

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

53°49′45″N 18°3′52″E / 53.82917°N 18.06444°E / 53.82917; 18.06444Country

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Łąg [wɔnk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Czersk, 37 km (23 mi) north-east of Chojnice, and 71 km (44 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Łąg was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2]

In 1904, a local branch of the "Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society was founded in the village.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942, the Germans carried out expulsions of Poles, who were initially held in the Potulice concentration camp, and then some were deported to forced labour in Germany, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[3]

Notable people

Augustyn Worzałła [pl] (1837–1905), Polish Catholic priest and activist, local parish priest

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 124.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 121. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.