Wólka, Aleksandrów County

For other places with the same name, see Wólka.

Wólka
Village
Wólka
Coordinates: 52°50′30″N 18°39′12″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Aleksandrów
Gmina	Aleksandrów Kujawski
Population	188
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CAL
Voivodeship roads

Wólka [ˈvulka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski, within Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Aleksandrów Kujawski and 22 km (14 mi) south of Toruń. It is located in the region of Kuyavia.

History

In 1827, the village had a population of 68.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939–1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to Germans as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3] Expelled Poles were either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or enslaved as forced labour of German colonists in the area.[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII (in Polish). Warsaw. 1893. p. 837.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 177. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.