Kolno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Kolno
Village
Kolno is located in Poland
Kolno
Kolno
Coordinates: 53°24′N 18°30′E / 53.400°N 18.500°E / 53.400; 18.500
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyChełmno
GminaChełmno
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCCH

Kolno [ˈkɔlnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Chełmno, 42 km (26 mi) north of Toruń, and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in Chełmno Land within the historic region of Pomerania.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Kolno was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 42.