Odrowąż, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Explained

Odrowąż
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Targ
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Czarny Dunajec
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:49.4975°N 19.8539°W
Population Total:920

Odrowąż is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north of Czarny Dunajec, 130NaN0 west of Nowy Targ, and 630NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków.

In the summer of 1940, the German SS stormed the village and evicted the majority of the people in the village.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. 1997 BBC documentary