Wielgie, Lipno County
Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
52°45′N 19°16′E / 52.750°N 19.267°E / 52.750; 19.267Wielgie [ˈvjɛlɡʲɛ] is a village in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wielgie. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Lipno and 54 km (34 mi) south-east of Toruń.
History
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Poles from Wielgie were among the victims of large massacres of Poles from the county carried out by the Germans in nearby Karnkowo as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]
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