Nieborowice

Nieborowice [ɲɛbɔrɔˈvit͡sɛ] (German: Nieborowitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilchowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Gliwice and 29 km (18 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

Nieborowice
Village
Narrow-gauge railway station in Nieborowice
Nieborowice
Coordinates: 50°13′N 18°36′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyGliwice County
GminaPilchowice
First mentioned1407
Population
723
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village has a population of 723.

The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1407. Historically it was inhabited by Poles.[2] During World War II, in September 1939, Nieborowice was one of the sites of executions of Polish inhabitants by the Germans (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] The Germans also established a transit camp for Polish prisoners of war, as well as Polish activists and former insurgents.[4]

There is a historic narrow-gauge railway station in the village.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Felix Triest, Topographisches handbuch von Oberschliesen, 1865, p. 805
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 136 (in Polish)
  4. Edward Wieczorek. "Dzieje miasta". Miasto Gliwice (in Polish). Retrieved 15 March 2020.


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