Ługi Ujskie

Village in Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
53°6′N 16°43′E / 53.100°N 16.717°E / 53.100; 16.717Country PolandVoivodeshipGreater PolandCountyPiłaGminaUjścieTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationPPNational roads

Ługi Ujskie [ˈwuɡi ˈui̯skʲɛ] (German: Usch Hauland)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ujście, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Ujście, 6 km (4 mi) south of Piła, and 79 km (49 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the village.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2023.


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