Nieborowice Explained

Nieborowice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gliwice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Pilchowice
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1407
Coordinates:50.2167°N 54°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:723

Nieborowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilchowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-west of Gliwice and 290NaN0 west of the regional capital Katowice.

The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1407. Historically it was inhabited by Poles.[2] During World War II, in September 1939, Nieborowice was one of the sites of executions of Polish inhabitants by the Germans (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] The Germans also established a transit camp for Polish prisoners of war, as well as Polish activists and former insurgents.[4]

There is a historic narrow-gauge railway station in the village.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Felix Triest, Topographisches handbuch von Oberschliesen, 1865, p. 805
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 136 (in Polish)
  4. Web site: Dzieje miasta. Miasto Gliwice. Edward Wieczorek. 9 June 2010. 15 March 2020. Polish.