Nieborowice

Nieborowice
Village
Narrow-gauge railway station in Nieborowice
Narrow-gauge railway station in Nieborowice
Nieborowice is located in Poland
Nieborowice
Nieborowice
Coordinates: 50°13′N 18°36′E / 50.217°N 18.600°E / 50.217; 18.600
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyGliwice
GminaPilchowice
First mentioned1407
Population
723
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Nieborowice [ɲɛbɔrɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilchowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Gliwice and 29 km (18 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1407. Historically it was inhabited by Poles.[2] During World War II, in September 1939, Nieborowice was one of the sites of executions of Polish inhabitants by the Germans (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] The Germans also established a transit camp for Polish prisoners of war, as well as Polish activists and former insurgents.[4]

There is a historic narrow-gauge railway station in the village.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Felix Triest, Topographisches handbuch von Oberschliesen, 1865, p. 805
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 136 (in Polish)
  4. ^ Edward Wieczorek (9 June 2010). "Dzieje miasta". Miasto Gliwice (in Polish). Retrieved 15 March 2020.


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