Krzywe, Podlaskie Voivodeship Explained

Krzywe
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:Suwałki
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.0842°N 23.0067°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:BSU
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Krzywe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Suwałki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) east of Suwałki and 1080NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.

The seat of the Wigry National Park is located in Krzywe.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the Germans murdered, a Polish parish priest from Bakałarzewo, in the forest near the village as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] [3] According to some sources, the Germans gouged out his eyes and torn his tongue out before the execution.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Guzewicz. Wojciech. 2008. Eksterminacja duchowieństwa katolickiego na Suwalszczyźnie w okresie okupacji niemieckiej. Studia Ełckie. pl. 10. 141.
  3. Web site: Antoni Romuald Jałbrzykowski. 3 July 2021. pl.