Wiślinka
Wiślinka | |
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Village | |
Aerial view of the mouth of the Śmiała Wisła River with Wiślinka at the bottom right of the picture | |
Wiślinka | |
| Coordinates: 54°20′18″N 18°48′7″E / 54.33833°N 18.80194°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Gdańsk |
| Gmina | Pruszcz Gdański |
| Population | 939 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GDA |
| Voivodeship roads | |
Wiślinka [viˈɕlinka] (German: Wesselinken) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
During World War II it was the location of a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp, in which the Germans imprisoned around 50 people as forced labour.[2]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Gliński, Mirosław. "Podobozy i większe komanda zewnętrzne obozu Stutthof (1939–1945)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 3: 168. ISSN 0137-5377.