Pieńki Borowe Explained

Pieńki Borowe
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Łomża
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Jedwabne
Coordinates:53.2833°N 36°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:BLM

Pieńki Borowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jedwabne, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) west of Jedwabne, 170NaN0 north-east of Łomża, and 650NaN0 west of the regional capital Białystok.

History

Pieńki Borowe was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

After the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941, and then by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. In 1942, the Germans massacred 60 Poles from the local nursing home in nearby Jeziorko (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] Some of the victims have not been identified, because in 1944 the Germans burned the victims' bodies in attempt to cover up the crime.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Web site: Masowe zbrodnie hitlerowskie w Powiecie Łomżyńskim. Powiat Łomżyński. 19 September 2020. Polish.