Zawady
Village
Church of Transfiguration
Church of Transfiguration
Zawady is located in Poland
Zawady
Zawady
Coordinates: 53°9′19″N 22°39′58″E / 53.15528°N 22.66611°E / 53.15528; 22.66611
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyBiałystok
GminaZawady
Founded15th century
Population
320
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBIA

Zawady [zaˈvadɨ] is a village in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zawady. It lies approximately 34 km (21 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

History

Zawady was founded in the early 15th century. By the 16th century, it had a Catholic parish.[2] In 1827, the village had a population of 224.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. On 21 June 1943, a unit of the Uderzeniowe Bataliony Kadrowe Polish resistance organization crushed a German gendarmerie post in Zawady.[3] On 13 July 1943, the Germans pacified the village, murdering 58 Poles from Zawady and Laskowiec at nearby Łysa Góra.[3]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1895. p. 481.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 Markiewicz, Marcin (2003). "Represje hitlerowskie wobec wsi białostockiej". Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). No. 12–1 (35–36). IPN. p. 67. ISSN 1641-9561.


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