Charsznica
Charsznica | |
|---|---|
Village | |
.jpg) Our Lady of the Rosary church | |
  Charsznica Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′28″N 19°55′50″E / 50.40778°N 19.93056°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Miechów |
| Gmina | Charsznica |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.charsznica.pl |
Charsznica [xarʂˈnit͡sa] is a village in Miechów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Charsznica.
History
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. The local Polish police chief and three further Polish policemen from Charsznica were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[2][3][4][5] The Polish resistance movement was active in Charsznica, including a local unit of the Home Army under the cryptonym "Czajka" (Lapwing).[6]
References
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 1. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 116. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
- ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. pp. 667, 757, 976. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
- ↑ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». p. 212. ISBN 978-5-6041921-4-6.
- ↑ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». pp. 155, 265, 530. ISBN 978-5-6041921-5-3.
- ↑ Nieczuja-Ostrowski, Bolesław Michał (1991). Rzeczpospolita Partyzancka: Inspektorat "Maria" w walce (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX. p. 17.
