Świekatowo

Świekatowo

Infobox Settlement
name = Świekatowo
settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Świecie
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Świekatowo
latd = 53
latm = 25
lats = 11
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 5
longs = 32
longEW = E
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population_total = 1700
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Świekatowo IPA-pl| [|ś|f|j|e|k|a|'|t|o|w|o|] is a village in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Świekatowo. It lies approximately convert|23|km|mi|0 west of Świecie and convert|35|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Bydgoszcz.

The village has a population of 1,700.

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 3rd September murdered 26 Poles. The massacre happened as Poles were attending Church mass from which they were dragged out by German soldiers and shot. [Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 185] .

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