See also: Błądzim, Tuchola County.
Błądzim | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Świecie |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lniano |
Coordinates: | 53.4908°N 18.1381°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Elevation M: | 103 |
Population Total: | 610 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | CSW |
Błądzim (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lniano, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-west of Lniano, 220NaN0 north-west of Świecie, 22km (14miles) south-west of Tuchola and 430NaN0 north of Bydgoszcz.
In 1860–1862, the village was hit by a cholera epidemic.
During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, on 3 September 1939, it was the site of a battle between Polish and German troops. Afterwards it was occupied by Germany until 1945. Some Italian prisoners-of-war died in German captivity in the area.
There are mass graves of Polish and Italian soldiers and a grave of one German soldier from World War II in Błądzim.