Baranowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
54°19′N 22°59′E / 54.317°N 22.983°E / 54.317; 22.983Country PolandVoivodeshipPodlaskieCountySuwałkiGminaRutka-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 (1981) Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, p. 387


Stub icon

This Suwałki County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e