Borów | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kraśnik |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Annopol |
Coordinates: | 50.8°N 76°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 500 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | LKR |
Borów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Annopol, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) south of Annopol, 250NaN0 south-west of Kraśnik, and 680NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Lublin.
During the German occupation (World War II), on 2 February 1944, the village was pacified by the occupiers. Some 300 Polish inhabitants were massacred in reprisal for their support for the Polish resistance movement. There is a memorial in the village.