Komorowo, Ostrów Mazowiecka County

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

52°50′N 21°51′E / 52.833°N 21.850°E / 52.833; 21.850Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyOstrów MazowieckaGminaOstrów MazowieckaPopulation

• Total2,000Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationWORHighways

Voivodeship roads

Komorowo [kɔmɔˈrɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów Mazowiecka, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Ostrów Mazowiecka and 90 km (56 mi) north-east of Warsaw.

History

In 1827, Komorowo had a population of 185, which by the 1880s grew to 385.^[2]

In the interbellum, barracks of the Polish 18th Light Artillery Regiment were located in Komorowo.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. In 1941–1943, the Germans operated the Stalag 333 prisoner-of-war camp in the pre-war barracks.^[3]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1883. p. 313.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.