Baranowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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Baranowo
Village
Baranowo is located in Poland
Baranowo
Baranowo
Coordinates: 54°19′N 22°59′E / 54.317°N 22.983°E / 54.317; 22.983
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountySuwałki County
GminaRutka-Tartak

Baranowo [baraˈnɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rutka-Tartak, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Rutka-Tartak, 27 km (17 mi) north of Suwałki, and 134 km (83 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

In 1944, SS troops pacified the village of Baranowo, murdering 19 people[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Józef Fajkowski, Jan Religa: Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, 1981, s. 387


Coordinates: 54°19′00″N 22°59′00″E / 54.3167°N 22.9833°E / 54.3167; 22.9833

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