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.