Dziecinów, Kozienice County Explained

Dziecinów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kozienice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Grabów nad Pilicą
Coordinates:51.7253°N 21.3064°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:100

Dziecinów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabów nad Pilicą, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) east of Grabów nad Pilicą, 240NaN0 north-west of Kozienice, and 590NaN0 south of Warsaw. From 1975 to 1998 the village was in Radom Voivodeship.

The village includes the districts of Adamów and Grzybowszczyzna.

Battle of Kuznow

Remnants of the 22nd Infantry Division, 1st Corps of the Imperial Russian Army, were engaged by pursuing German troops, led by Captain Jan Mieszkowski, and destroyed on 14 October 1914, as they attempted to retreat from the Battle of Tannenberg.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Tuchman . Barbara Wertheim . The Guns of August . Ballantine Books . 1994 . New York . 978-0-345-47609-8 . registration .