Czarże

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Czarże

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =

| image_skyline = DDW Kozielec Wisla 1 7-2015.jpg

| image_caption = View of Czarże from Kozielec on the other side of the Vistula river

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Bydgoszcz

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Dąbrowa Chełmińska

| coordinates = {{coord|53|13|N|18|18|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 1222

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| population_total = 1800

| population_footnotes = (approx.)

| registration_plate = CCH

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Czarże {{IPAc-pl|'|cz|a|r|ż|e}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} north of Dąbrowa Chełmińska, {{convert|23|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of Bydgoszcz, and {{convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document of Duke Konrad I of Masovia from 1222.

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 October 1940, 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=81|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}

Notable people

Piotr Konieczka (1901–1939), corporal of the Polish Army, considered the first victim of World War II; born in Czarże

References

Category:Villages in Bydgoszcz County