Borówno, Chełmno County

For other places with the same name, see Borówno.

Borówno
Village
Observation tower near the Vistula River in Borówno
Borówno
Coordinates: 53°18′N 18°21′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Chełmno
Gmina	Chełmno
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	CCH
Voivodeship roads

Borówno [bɔˈruvnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Chełmno, 31 km (19 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 35 km (22 mi) north-west of Toruń. It is located on the right bank of the Vistula river, in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, farmers from Borówno were murdered by the German Selbstschutz in the massacre of Poles committed in nearby Płutowo as part of the Intelligenzaktion.^[2]

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. 166.