Bieńkówka, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

{{Infobox settlement

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| settlement_type = Village

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| timezone = CET

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Chełmno

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Chełmno

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Bieńkówka {{IPAc-pl|b|j|e|ń|'|k|u|f|k|a}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river.{{TERYT}} It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=IPN|page=165}} In 1941, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=IPN|page=98|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}

References

Category:Populated places on the Vistula

Category:Villages in Chełmno County