Lipusz

Lipusz [ˈlipuʂ] is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipusz.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Kościerzyna and 63 km (39 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

Lipusz
Village
Old water mill in Lipusz
Old water mill in Lipusz
Lipusz is located in Poland
Lipusz
Lipusz
Coordinates: 54°5′51″N 17°47′4″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKościerzyna
GminaLipusz
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
2,403
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehttp://www.lipusz.eu

Lipusz was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of 20 Poles from Lipusz, including railwaymen, farmers, millers, a secretary of the local forestry, a teacher and a postman, in the nearby forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[3] Families of the victims were expelled.[4] Some Poles from Lipusz were also murdered in the forest near Skarszewy,[5] and further expulsions of Poles were carried out in 1943 and 1944.[6] The expellees were either deported to forced labour or to the General Government.[6]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, pp. 110, 112 (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 154 (in Polish)
  4. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, p. 51 (in Polish)
  5. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, p. 153
  6. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, p. 130


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