Country Poland Gmina Jeziora Wielkie Local time Thursday 7:53 PM | County Mogilno Population 800 | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 56% Humidity Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | ||
Wójcin [ˈvui̯t͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeziora Wielkie, within Mogilno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is chiefly agricultural and has about 800 inhabitants.
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Map of W%C3%B3jcin, Poland
Historically significant buildings include the church built in the 1914 and the old palace from the beginning of the twentieth century (the former owner was the Skrzydlewski family).
The name of the village was taken from the legendary first resident - Wojuta
History
The first notes about Wojcin come from 1065. The village was destroyed twice by knights of the Teutonic Order (1331) and Sweden (1703).
In the night January 12, 1863 there was a battle between insurgents of January Uprising and Prussian patrol of soldiers, which tried to stop them to get into Congress Poland.
Second World War
The people from Wójcin were targets of Nazi persecution. The priest of parish - Stanisław Kowalczyk was arrested in 1940 and expanded to Oranienburg where he was killed. Also a teacher Walerian Prus died because of German's abuse. The Wójcin arena was liberated on January 21, 1945 by Soviet soldiers.
Trivia
Tourist Centre
There is a lake called Jezioro Wójcińskie which is a part of Jezioro Ostrowieckie. Nearby the lake there is a lot of tourist residents