Bocień

Bocień
Village
Bocień
Coordinates: 53°14′45″N 18°44′34″E / 53.24583°N 18.74278°E / 53.24583; 18.74278
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County Toruń County
Gmina Gmina Chełmża

Bocień [ˈbɔt͡ɕeɲ] (German: Bottschin) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Chełmża and 26 km (16 mi) north of Toruń.

Bocień was the location of the German concentration camp Bottschin, a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp.

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Coordinates: 53°14′45″N 18°44′34″E / 53.24583°N 18.74278°E / 53.24583; 18.74278


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