Grzybno, Chełmno County

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Grzybno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Unisław, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies 20 km south of Chełmno, 22 km north-west of Toruń, and 31 km east of Bydgoszcz. The local landmark is the medieval Gothic Saint Michael Archangel church.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942, the German gendarmerie and Einsatzkompanie Thorn carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed either in the Potulice concentration camp, in a transit camp in Toruń or in a Germanisation camp in Jabłonowo-Zamek. Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.

Administrative division

Several adjacent settlements are considered part of Grzybno: Bobak, Chiny, Garwolin, Korea, Pod Głażewo, Pod Siemion, Pod Unisław.

Transport

There is a train station in the village.

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