Lipusz
Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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Lipusz [ˈlipuʂ], Formerly "Lippusch", is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipusz. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
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Old water mill in Lipusz | |
  Lipusz | |
| Coordinates: 54°5′51″N 17°47′4″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Kościerzyna |
| Gmina | Lipusz |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Population | 2,403 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.lipusz.eu |
Lipusz was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of 20 Poles from Lipusz, including railwaymen, farmers, millers, a secretary of the local forestry, a teacher and a postman, in the nearby forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[3] Families of the victims were expelled.[4] Some Poles from Lipusz were also murdered in the forest near Skarszewy,[5] and further expulsions of Poles were carried out in 1943 and 1944.[6] The expellees were either deported to forced labour or to the General Government.[6]
