Wieniec-Zdrój

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Wieniec-Zdrój

| settlement_type = Spa

| total_type =  

| image_skyline = Kosciol w Wiencu-Zdroju.jpg

| image_alt = Wieniec-Zdrój church

| image_caption = Divine Mercy church in Wieniec-Zdrój

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Włocławek

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Brześć Kujawski

| coordinates = {{coord|52|39|24|N|18|59|18|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| elevation_m =

| population_total = 120

| website =

}}

Wieniec-Zdrój {{IPAc-pl|'|w|j|e|ń|e|c|-|'|z|d|r|u|I}} is a spa in the administrative district of Gmina Brześć Kujawski, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|9|km|mi|0}} north-east of Brześć Kujawski, {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Włocławek, and {{convert|49|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of Toruń.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. Shortly before their withdrawal, on January 18, 1945, the Germans committed a massacre of nine Poles in Wieniec-Zdrój (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).{{cite web|url=https://uzdrowisko-wieniec.pl/atrakcje/atrakcje-okolicy/pomnik-mogila-polakow-rozstrzelanych-przez-niemcow-w-1945-roku|title=Pomnik - mogiła Polaków rozstrzelanych przez Niemców w 1945 roku|website=Uzdrowisko Wieniec|access-date=12 December 2023|language=pl}}

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