Orło, Masovian Voivodeship
Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
52°45′N 21°59′E / 52.750°N 21.983°E / 52.750; 21.983
Poland
Orło [ˈɔrwɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Małkinia Górna, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Małkinia Górna, 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and 90 km (56 mi) north-east of Warsaw.
History
Orło was a private church village of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock,[2] administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
In 1823, the village had a population of 33.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland which started World War II, on September 9, 1939, German troops carried out a massacre of 10 Poles (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1886. p. 588.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 95.
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