Brodnica Górna

Brodnica Górna
Village
Sacred Heart church in Brodnica Górna
Brodnica Górna
Coordinates: 54°16′12″N 18°4′56″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Kartuzy
Gmina	Kartuzy
Population	1,156
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GKA

Brodnica Górna [brɔdˈnit͡sa ˈɡurna] (Cashubian Górnô Brodnica)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kartuzy, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Kartuzy and 38 km (24 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in September 1939, local priest Bernard Szutta was among 10 Polish priests murdered by the German Einsatzkommando 16 in the forest near Kartuzy (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References

1. "Lista gmin wpisanych na podstawie art. 12 ustawy z dnia 6 stycznia 2005 r. o mniejszościach narodowych i etnicznych oraz o języku regionalnym (Dz. U. z 2015 r. poz. 573) do Rejestru gmin, na których obszarze używane są nazwy w języku mniejszości" (PDF). mswia.gov.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 107.