Komorniki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Explained

Komorniki
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Działdowo
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Działdowo
Coordinates:53.25°N 32°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:85
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship road

Komorniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Działdowo, within Działdowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-east of Działdowo and 630NaN0 south of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of Masuria.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Komorniki forest was the site of massacres of Poles from the Soldau concentration camp, committed by the occupiers from December 1939 to May 1940 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warszawa. IPN. 228–229, 236.