Mikaszówka

Mikaszówka

Mikaszówka

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Mikaszówka [mikaˈʂufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Płaska, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Płaska, 29 km (18 mi) east of Augustów, and 88 km (55 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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The Mikaszówka Lock of the Augustów Canal is located in Mikaszówka.

History

Old wooden Church of Mary Magdalene

In 1827, Mikaszówka had a population of 95, and in the late 19th century it had a population of 128.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in April 1940, the Germans arrested Polish priests Stanisław Piotr Konstantynowicz and Stanisław Maciątek [pl] in the village, and then imprisoned them in Suwałki and eventually deported them to concentration camps.[3][4] Maciątek died of exhaustion in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in June 1940,[4] while Konstantynowicz was murdered in the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre in August 1942 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1885. p. 393.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. [3]
    "Stanisław Piotr Konstantynowicz" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    Guzewicz, Wojciech (2008). "Eksterminacja duchowieństwa katolickiego na Suwalszczyźnie w okresie okupacji niemieckiej". Studia Ełckie (in Polish) (10): 145.


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