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Tarnawa Dolna

See also: Tarnawa Dolna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Tarnawa Dolna
Village
Memorial at the site of the German massacre of Poles committed during World War II
Memorial at the site of the German massacre of Poles committed during World War II
Tarnawa Dolna is located in Poland
Tarnawa Dolna
Tarnawa Dolna
Coordinates: 49°28′28″N 22°15′23″E / 49.47444°N 22.25639°E / 49.47444; 22.25639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountySanok
GminaZagórz
Population
940
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationRSA
Voivodeship roads

Tarnawa Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Zagórz, 9 km (6 mi) south of Sanok, and 65 km (40 mi) south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), the Gruszka mountain near Tarnawa Dolna was the site of a German massacre of 112 Poles, who were previously imprisoned in nearby Sanok after trying to escape the Germans to take refuge in Hungary (see also: Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 258.
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