Słupno, Płock County

See also: Słupno, Wołomin County

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Słupno

Village

Saint Martin church in Słupno

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Słupno

Coordinates: 52°30′18″N 19°50′14″E﻿ / ﻿52.50500°N 19.83722°E﻿ / 52.50500; 19.83722
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship| Masovian
County| Płock
Gmina| Słupno
Population

| 790
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

Słupno [ˈswupnɔ] is a village in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Słupno.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Płock and 86 km (53 mi) west of Warsaw.

The history of the village dates back to the 10th century, when a medieval Slavic stronghold was built at the site. The oldest known mention of the village dates back to the 12th century.[2] In 1254, komes Żyro (local administration official) granted the village to the Płock Cathedral, and in 1443, Płock bishop Paweł Giżycki granted the village to archdeacon Ścibor.[2][3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Archbishop of Płock Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, and suffragan Bishop Leon Wetmański [pl], two of the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II, were imprisoned in the village, before they were murdered in the Soldau concentration camp in 1941.[4] In 1942 the Germans carried out a massacre of 25 Polish inhabitants of Słupno and nearby settlements.[2] There is a monument dedicated to the victims in the village.[2]

There is a historic preserved wooden church of St. Martin in the village.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. ^ a b c d "Rys historyczny". Gmina Słupno (in Polish). Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Vol. X, Warsaw, 1889, p. 859 (in Polish)
4. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 233 (in Polish)

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