Płutowo
| Płutowo | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 | |
| Country |
 Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Chełmno |
| Gmina | Kijewo Królewskie |
Płutowo [ʂɨmˈbɔrnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kijewo Królewskie, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1]
North of Płutowo village there is the Płutowo Nature Reserve with a total area of 17.96 hectares (44.4 acres), which was established in 1963 for the protection of a rare ecosystem along a ravine above the Vistula river. The length of the ravine is 1.2 km and its depth around 57 metres from the top down to the water level.[2]
World War II
In the fall of 1939 following the invasion of Poland the Nazi German occupational authorities set up a temporary concentration camp in Płutowo at a manor once owned by von Alvensleben family. The Polish prisoners brought to the camp came from the area of Ziemia chełmińska (Chełmno land). Over 200 victims were murdered at a nearby forest by the German Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz executioners, along the road to Szymborno.[2]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- 1 2 "Ekologia i Środowisko: Przyroda (Ecology and Environment: Nature)". Gmina Kijewo Królewskie. 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
Media related to Nature reserve Zbocza Płutowskie at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 53°17′06″N 18°25′17″E / 53.28500°N 18.42139°E