Nieznajowa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gorlice |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Sękowa |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 49.4908°N 21.3914°W |
Nieznajowa (uk|Незнайова, Незнаєва, Neznayova, Neznayeva) is a depopulated village in the administrative district of Gmina Sękowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1] It lies approximately 19km (12miles) south-east of Sękowa, 240NaN0 south-east of Gorlice, and 1230NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The village was populated predominantly by Lemkos, who were deported to Ukraine in 1945-47 during common Soviet-Polish Operation Vistula. In the village remain Lemko cemetery, some roadside crosses and figures, some ruins of old buildings.