Rubcowo

Rubcowo

Rubcowo

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Rubcowo [rupˈt͡sɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Płaska, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Płaska, 32 km (20 mi) east of Augustów, and 80 km (50 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Quick Facts Country, Voivodeship ...

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on 24 November 1939, four Polish foresters from Rubcowo were murdered by the Germans in the prison in Suwałki as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Maria Wardzyńska (2009) Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, p. 234 (in Polish)


Stub icon

This Augustów County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Rubcowo, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.