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Krojanty (Kashubian
Kashubian language

Kashubian or Cassubian is one of the Lechitic languages, a subgroup of the Slavic languages.Kashubian is assumed to have evolved from the language spoken by some tribes of Pomeranians called Kashubians, in the region of Pomerania, on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula and Oder River rivers....
: Krojantė, ) is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice
Gmina Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice is a rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....
, within Chojnice County
Chojnice County

Chojnice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship

File:Pomorskie Logo.jpgFile:Brosen ContainerTerminaGdansk.jpgFile:Pomeranian density 2007.pngThe Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Pomerelian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-central Poland....
, in northern Poland. It lies near the Tuchola Forest
Tuchola Forest

The Tuchola Forest is a large forest near the town of Tuchola in northern Poland, and lies between the Brda River and Wda Rivers....
, approximately north-east of Chojnice
Chojnice

Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with 39 670 inhabitants , near famous Tuchola Forest, Lake Charzykowskie and many other water reservoirs....
 and south-west of the regional capital Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
. The village has a population of 461.

On 1 September 1939, it was the site of the Skirmish of Krojanty which became a propaganda myth of Polish cavalry attacking German tanks.








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Krojanty (Kashubian
Kashubian language

Kashubian or Cassubian is one of the Lechitic languages, a subgroup of the Slavic languages.Kashubian is assumed to have evolved from the language spoken by some tribes of Pomeranians called Kashubians, in the region of Pomerania, on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula and Oder River rivers....
: Krojantė, ) is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice
Gmina Chojnice

Gmina Chojnice is a rural gmina in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Chojnice, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....
, within Chojnice County
Chojnice County

Chojnice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship

File:Pomorskie Logo.jpgFile:Brosen ContainerTerminaGdansk.jpgFile:Pomeranian density 2007.pngThe Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Pomerelian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, or province, in north-central Poland....
, in northern Poland. It lies near the Tuchola Forest
Tuchola Forest

The Tuchola Forest is a large forest near the town of Tuchola in northern Poland, and lies between the Brda River and Wda Rivers....
, approximately north-east of Chojnice
Chojnice

Chojnice is a town in northern Poland with 39 670 inhabitants , near famous Tuchola Forest, Lake Charzykowskie and many other water reservoirs....
 and south-west of the regional capital Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
. The village has a population of 461.

On 1 September 1939, it was the site of the Skirmish of Krojanty which became a propaganda myth of Polish cavalry attacking German tanks.

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