Krokowo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nidzica |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Kozłowo |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.25°N 43°W |
Population Total: | 140 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | NNI |
Krokowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kozłowo, within Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is located in Masuria. It lies approximately 9km (06miles) south-east of Kozłowo, 130NaN0 south of Nidzica, and 600NaN0 south of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The village was first mentioned either in 1371[2] or 1391.[3] As of 1542, the population of the village was exclusively Polish.[2] [3]
During World War II, in March 1944, Polish partisans from the Home Army killed two German soldiers in the village.[4]