Rusocin | |
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Village | |
 Manor in the village | |
  Rusocin | |
| Coordinates:54°13′42″N18°37′35″E / 54.22833°N 18.62639°E /54.22833; 18.62639 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Gdańsk |
| Gmina | Pruszcz Gdański |
| Population | |
• Total | 980 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GDA |
| Highways |   |
| Website | http://www.rusocin.80.pl |
Rusocin[ruˈsɔt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district ofGmina Pruszcz Gdański, withinGdańsk County,Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) south ofPruszcz Gdański and 16 km (10 mi) south of the regional capitalGdańsk. It is located within the historic region ofPomerania.
Rusocin was a private village owned by variousPolish nobles, incl. the Dąbrowski and Wojanowski families, administratively located in the Tczew County in thePomeranian Voivodeship of theKingdom of Poland.[2] It was annexed byPrussia in theFirst Partition of Poland in 1772.
DuringWorld War II, from September 1944 to February 1945, the village was the location of a subcamp of theStutthof concentration camp, in which Nazi Germans imprisoned around 300 Jewish women asforced labour.[3]
The village is located close to the start/end point of theA1 andS6 highways.
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