Sędzin

Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

52°44′N 18°34′E / 52.733°N 18.567°E / 52.733; 18.567Country

PolandVoivodeshipKuyavian-PomeranianCountyAleksandrówGminaZakrzewoPopulation

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600Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationCALVoivodeship roads

Sędzin [ˈsɛnd͡ʑin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zakrzewo, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Aleksandrów Kujawski and 34 km (21 mi) south of Toruń. It is located in Kuyavia.

The village has an approximate population of 600.

History

The area formed part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. In 1252, Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia granted privileges to the village.^[2] In 1750, the chapter of the Diocese of Płock funded the construction of the wooded church of St. Matthew in the village.^[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Sędzin was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.^[3] In 1940, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[4] Expelled Poles were either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or enslaved as forced labour of new German colonists in the county.^[4] A local teacher was among Polish teachers murdered by the Germans in the Mauthausen concentration camp.^[5]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ ^a ^b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom X (in Polish). Warsaw. 1889. p. 465.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 45.
^ ^a ^b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 225. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 180–181.