Borowy Młyn, Bytów County
Borowy Młyn | |
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Village | |
| Holy Spirit church in Borowy Młyn Holy Spirit church in Borowy Młyn | |
Borowy Młyn is located in Poland Borowy Młyn | |
| Coordinates: 53°57′56″N 17°18′53″E / 53.96556°N 17.31472°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Bytów |
| Gmina | Lipnica |
| Population | 621 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GBY |
Borowy Młyn [bɔˈrɔvɨ ˈmwɨn] is a village in Gmina Lipnica, Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Bytów and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of Gdańsk (capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship). It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
Borowy Młyn was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[1] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several inhabitants of the village were among over 450 Poles massacred by the Germans in the Igielska Valley near Chojnice in October and November 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion).[2] From 1975 to 1998 the village was in Słupsk Voivodeship.
References
External links
- "GUS (Central Statistical Office)" (in Polish).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Map of the Gmina Lipnica
