Ostromecko
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Ostromecko | |
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Village | |
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  Ostromecko | |
| Coordinates: 53°9′N 18°13′E / 53.150°N 18.217°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Bydgoszcz |
| Gmina | Dąbrowa Chełmińska |
| First mentioned | 1222 |
| Town rights | 25 August 1750 |
| Town rights revoked | 5 August 1772 |
| Population | |
• Total | 880 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CBY |
| Primary airport | Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport |
| Voivodeship road |  |
Ostromecko [ɔstrɔˈmɛt͡skɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1]
The village was first mentioned in a document of 1222.[2] Ostromecko was a fortified stronghold protecting a trade route connecting Bydgoszcz with Chełmno and the Baltic coast.[2] Ostromecko was granted town rights in 1750.[3] It was located in the Chełmno Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, it was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland and deprived of town rights. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it was re-annexed by Prussia. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of Ostromecko.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Ostromecko was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4]
