Dziecinów, Kozienice County

For other places with the same name, see Dziecinów.
Dziecinów
Village
Dziecinów
Coordinates: 51°43′31″N 21°18′23″E / 51.72528°N 21.30639°E / 51.72528; 21.30639
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Kozienice
Gmina Grabów nad Pilicą
Population 100

Dziecinów [d͡ʑeˈt͡ɕinuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabów nad Pilicą, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Grabów nad Pilicą, 24 km (15 mi) north-west of Kozienice, and 59 km (37 mi) south of Warsaw. From 1975 to 1998 the village was in Radom Voivodeship.

The village has an approximate population of 100. It includes the districts of Adamów and Grzybowszczyzna.

Battle of Kuznow

Remnants of the 22nd Infantry Division, 1st Corps of the Imperial Russian Army, were engaged by pursuing German troops, led by Captain Jan Mieszkowski, and destroyed on 14 October 1914, as they attempted to retreat from the Battle of Tannenberg.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim (1994). The Guns of August. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-47609-8.


Coordinates: 51°43′31″N 21°18′23″E / 51.72528°N 21.30639°E / 51.72528; 21.30639


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.