Borowy Młyn, Bytów County

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

53°57′56″N 17°18′53″E / 53.96556°N 17.31472°E / 53.96556; 17.31472Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyBytówGminaLipnicaPopulation

621Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationGBY

Borowy Młyn [bɔˈrɔvɨ ˈmwɨn] is a village in Gmina Lipnica, Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Bytów and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of Gdańsk (capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship). It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Borowy Młyn was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[1]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several inhabitants of the village were among over 450 Poles massacred by the Germans in the Igielska Valley near Chojnice in October and November 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion).^[2]

From 1975 to 1998 the village was in Słupsk Voivodeship.

References

^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak (1955) Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, p. 81 (in Polish)
^ Maria Wardzyńska (2009) Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, p. 152 (in Polish)