Przytarnia

Coordinates: 53°56′56″N 17°52′23″E / 53.94889°N 17.87306°E / 53.94889; 17.87306
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Przytarnia
Village
Przytarnia is located in Poland
Przytarnia
Przytarnia
Coordinates: 53°56′56″N 17°52′23″E / 53.94889°N 17.87306°E / 53.94889; 17.87306
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKościerzyna
GminaKarsin
Population
187
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGKS

Przytarnia [pʂɨˈtarɲa]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Karsin, 20 km (12 mi) south of Kościerzyna, and 68 km (42 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History[edit]

Memorial at the site of a German massacre of Poles carried out in 1944

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

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans carried out a massacre of nine Poles including women and children in October 1944 (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). There is a memorial at the site.

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ 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)