Legbąd

Legbąd
Village
Sacred Heart church in Legbąd
Legbąd
Coordinates: 53°42′36″N 17°56′27″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Tuchola
Gmina	Tuchola
Population	470
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CTU

Legbąd (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛɡbɔnt]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tuchola, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Tuchola and 66 km (41 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Legbąd was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942–1944, the Germans carried out expulsions of Poles, who were initially held in the Potulice concentration camp, and some were then deported to forced labour in Germany, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.^[3]

Notable residents

• Helga M. Novak (1935–2013), German-Icelandic writer

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 123.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 122, 135. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.