Polichno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Polichno. Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Polichno
Village
Chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polichno
Polichno
Coordinates: 53°7′N 17°33′E / 53.117°N 17.550°E / 53.117; 17.550
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Nakło
Gmina	Nakło nad Notecią
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CNA

Polichno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nakło nad Notecią, within Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Nakło nad Notecią and 31 km (19 mi) west of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the ethnographic region of Pałuki.

History

Polichno was a royal village, administratively located in the Kcynia County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

During the German occupation (World War II), in October 1939, the German Selbstschutz carried out a massacre of Poles from Polichno and nearby Rozwarzyn in the local forest as part of the Intelligenzaktion.

"Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.
Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 164.

v t e Gmina Nakło nad Notecią
Town and seat	Nakło nad Notecią
Villages	Anielin Bielawy Bogacin Chrząstowo Elżbiecin Gabrielin Gorzeń Gostusza Gumnowice Janowo Karnówko Karnowo Kazin Kaźmierowo Lubaszcz Małocin Michalin Minikowo Niedola Nowakówko Olszewka Paterek Piętacz Polichno Potulice Rozwarzyn Ślesin Suchary Trzeciewnica Urszulin Wieszki Występ

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