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Pniewo, Pułtusk County

Coordinates: 52°39′N 21°16′E / 52.650°N 21.267°E / 52.650; 21.267
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Pniewo
Village
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Pniewo
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Pniewo
Pniewo is located in Poland
Pniewo
Pniewo
Coordinates: 52°39′N 21°16′E / 52.650°N 21.267°E / 52.650; 21.267
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPułtusk
GminaZatory
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWPU

Pniewo [ˈpɲɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zatory, within Pułtusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Zatory, 14 km (9 mi) south-east of Pułtusk, and 52 km (32 mi) north of Warsaw.

History

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Pniewo was a private church village within the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.

According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 582, 96.9% Polish and 3.1% Jewish.[2]

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 9, 1939, Wehrmacht troops murdered a dozen or so Poles from the nearby town of Wyszków near the village (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 140.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 96.