Ostrów Świecki

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| name = Ostrów Świecki

| 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 = Chełmno

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Chełmno

| coordinates = {{coord|53|24|N|18|30|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| timezone = CET

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| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

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Ostrów Świecki ({{IPA|pl|ˈɔstruf ˈɕfjɛt͡skʲi|lang}}) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.{{TERYT}}

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Ostrów Świecki was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.{{cite book|author= |title=The Pomeranian Crime 1939|year=2018|location=Warsaw|publisher=IPN|page=44}} In 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and 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}}

References

Category:Populated places on the Vistula

Category:Villages in Chełmno County