Borowo [bɔˈrɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czempiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Czempiń, 10 km (6 mi) east of Kościan, and 33 km (21 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.
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Coordinates: 52°7′N 16°47′E | |
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Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
County | Kościan |
Gmina | Czempiń |
Population | 580 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The village has a population of 580.
Borowo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Kościan County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2] In the mid-19th century it was owned by the Mizerski family.[3]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the principal of the local primary school, Józef Wojciechowski, was murdered in a public execution of 18 Poles carried out in the nearby town of Kościan on October 23, 1939, by the Einsatzgruppe VI as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4] Inhabitants of Borowo were also among the victims of a massacre of 45 Poles carried out on November 7, 1939, in the forest near Kościan.[5]
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