Tarnawa_Dolna

Tarnawa Dolna

Tarnawa Dolna

Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland

See also: Tarnawa Dolna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

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.

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