Wabcz

Wabcz
Village
Saint Bartholomew church in Wabcz
Wabcz
Coordinates: 53°21′N 18°34′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Chełmno
Gmina	Stolno
Population	660
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CCH
National roads

Wabcz [vapt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Stolno, 10 km (6 mi) east of Chełmno, 36 km (22 mi) north of Toruń, and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War II at the local cemetery

During the German occupation (World War II), Wabcz was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Local Polish priests were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] In January 1942, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]

Sports

The local football club is Wojownik Wabcz.[5] It competes in the lower leagues.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 46.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 165–166.
4. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
5. "Wojownik Wabcz - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 August 2021.