Zaborowo, Olsztyn County

Zaborowo
Zaborowo
Settlement
	Zaborowo
	Coordinates: 53°42′N 20°46′E / 53.700°N 20.767°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Olsztyn County
Gmina	Purda
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+48 89
Vehicle registration	NOL

Zaborowo [zabɔˈrɔvɔ] (German: Saborowen, 1938-45: Heideberg)^[1] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Purda and 20 km (12 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772–1871 Prussia, 1871–1945 Germany, and again Poland since 1945. During the Nazi campaign of changing placenames to remove traces of Polish origin, it was renamed Heideberg. The historic name Zaborowo was restored in post-war Poland in 1945.

References[]

^ "Former Territory of Germany" (in German). 2017-11-12.
^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Coordinates: 53°42′N 20°46′E / 53.700°N 20.767°E / 53.700; 20.767

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[Former_Territory_of_Germany-1] "Former Territory of Germany" (in German). 2017-11-12.

[TERYT-2] "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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