Ościsłowo, Masovian Voivodeship

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Ościsłowo
Village
Ościsłowo is located in Poland
Ościsłowo
Ościsłowo
Coordinates: 52°50′5″N 20°27′0″E / 52.83472°N 20.45000°E / 52.83472; 20.45000
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyCiechanów
GminaGlinojeck
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ościsłowo [ɔɕt͡ɕiˈswɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Glinojeck, within Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Glinojeck, 13 km (8 mi) west of Ciechanów, and 79 km (49 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Ościsłowo was the site of large massacres, in which several hundreds of Poles were murdered as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Also several dozen disabled from the region were murdered in the village on February 20, 1940.[3]

Notable people[]

  •  [pl] (born 1935), Polish diplomat
  •  [pl] (born 1936), Polish literary scholar, professor, university teacher

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 226 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, p. 236


Coordinates: 52°50′5″N 20°27′0″E / 52.83472°N 20.45000°E / 52.83472; 20.45000


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