Słupno, Płock County

See also: Słupno, Wołomin County

Słupno
Village
Saint Martin church in Słupno
Coat of arms
Słupno
Coordinates: 52°30′18″N 19°50′14″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Płock
Gmina	Słupno
Population	790
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Słupno [ˈswupnɔ] is a village in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Słupno.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Płock and 86 km (53 mi) west of Warsaw.

The history of the village dates back to the 10th century, when a medieval Slavic stronghold was built at the site. The oldest known mention of the village dates back to the 12th century.[2] In 1254, komes Żyro (local administration official) granted the village to the Płock Cathedral, and in 1443, Płock bishop Paweł Giżycki granted the village to archdeacon Ścibor.[2][3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Archbishop of Płock Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, and suffragan Bishop Leon Wetmański [pl], two of the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II, were imprisoned in the village, before they were murdered in the Soldau concentration camp in 1941.[4] In 1942 the Germans carried out a massacre of 25 Polish inhabitants of Słupno and nearby settlements.[2] There is a monument dedicated to the victims in the village.[2]

There is a historic preserved wooden church of St. Martin in the village.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. "Rys historyczny". Gmina Słupno (in Polish). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Vol. X, Warsaw, 1889, p. 859 (in Polish)
4. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 233 (in Polish)