O Lucimiu
About Lucim

Summary/Abstract: The present-day village of Lucim, with a population of ca. 550, is situated in the commune of Koronowo in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeship. In 1303 Lucim was purchased by the Cistercians of Byszewo, and on 3 February 1359, while in Żnin, King Kazimierz the Great granted the village feudal tenure law. A great battle waged by the Polish Kingdom against the Teutonic Knights, known as the battle of Koronowo, took place on 10 October 1410 in the neighbouring village of Wilcze, a mere three kilometers from Lucim, ensuring the Polish-Lithuanian army final victory after the battle of Grunwald. In 1860 the population of Lucim totalled 574, including 196 Germans (Protestants), 370 Poles (Roman Catholics), and 18 Jews. In 1906 Polish school children from Mąkowarsko, Lucim, and other localities protested against a growing Germanisation campaign. On 5 August 1924 the President of the Republic of Poland Stanisław Wojciechowski paid a visit in Lucim. The German army seized Lucim on 2 September 1939, and Red Army detachments appeared in the village on 16 January 1945.

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