Baranowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship Explained

Baranowo
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Suwałki
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Rutka-Tartak
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.3167°N 81°W

Baranowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rutka-Tartak, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[1] It lies approximately 2km (01miles) south of Rutka-Tartak, 270NaN0 north of Suwałki, and 1340NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

In 1944, SS troops pacified the village of Baranowo, murdering 19 people[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Józef Fajkowski, Jan Religa (1981) Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, p. 387