Wiślinka

Wiślinka

Wiślinka

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Not to be confused with Wiślina.

Wiślinka [viˈɕlinka] (German: Wesselinken) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Pruszcz Gdański and 12 km (7 mi) east of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

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During World War II it was the location of a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp, in which the Germans imprisoned around 50 people as forced labour.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Gliński, Mirosław. "Podobozy i większe komanda zewnętrzne obozu Stutthof (1939–1945)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 3: 168. ISSN 0137-5377.


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