Glinojeck

Place in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

52°49′N 20°17′E / 52.817°N 20.283°E / 52.817; 20.283Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyCiechanówGminaGlinojeckEstablished15th centuryTown rights1993Government

• MayorŁukasz KapczyńskiArea

• Total7.37 km² (2.85 sq mi)Population

(2006)

• Total3,052 • Density410/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

06-450

Area code+48 23Car platesWCINational roads

Websitehttp://www.glinojeck.net/

Glinojeck [ɡlʲiˈnɔjɛt͡sk] is a town in Poland, with 3,087 inhabitants (2004).

History

A sugar refinery was founded in a Glinojeck in 1858.^[1]

During the German occupation (World War II), disabled people from Glinojeck were murdered by the Germans in a massacre carried out in February 1940 in the nearby village of Ościsłowo.^[2]

References

^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 590.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 236.