Wojtal

Wojtal
Village
Old watermill in Wojtal
Wojtal
Coordinates: 53°53′38″N 18°2′3″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Chojnice
Gmina	Czersk
Population	202
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GCH

Wojtal [ˈvɔi̯tal] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Czersk, 39 km (24 mi) north-east of Chojnice, and 66 km (41 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Wojtal 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), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to the General Government (German-occupied central Poland), while their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

Transportation

Wojtal railway station is located in the village.

References

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.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 72. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.