Krajna

Krajna is a forested historical region in the north of

Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian Voivodeships. The region consists of parts of Złotów, Piła, Sępólno, Nakło, Bydgoszcz and Człuchów counties, namely the urban gmina of Złotów, the rural gmina of Złotów and the urban-rural gminas of Krajenka, Wysoka, Wyrzysk, Łobżenica, Kamień Krajeński, Sępólno Krajeńskie, Więcbork, Nakło nad Notecią, Koronowo and Debzno. The name of Krajna is derived from the Slavic word for borderland (between Greater Poland and Pomerania), cf. Krajina

Part of the region forms a protected area called Krajna Landscape Park.

History

Krajna formed part of the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1655, it was invaded by Sweden, and the Battle of Ujście was fought there.

During the

The Germans also operated numerous forced labour camps in the region, including several subcamps of the Stalag II-B and Stalag XX-A prisoner-of-war camps for Allied POWs.^[4]^[5] One of the prisoners was future British actor Sam Kydd, who, as he wrote in his memoir, even learned various Polish phrases through contact with the local Polish population.^[5]

^ About anthem of Krajna on official site of Kamień Krajeński Commune (Polish)
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 168–169.
^ Wardzyńska, pp. 163–164
^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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