Nieznajowa
Village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
49°29′27″N 21°23′29″E / 49.49083°N 21.39139°E / 49.49083; 21.39139
PolandNieznajowa [ɲɛznaˈjɔva] (Ukrainian: Незнайова, Незнаєва, Neznayova, Neznayeva) is a depopulated village in the administrative district of Gmina Sękowa, within Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1] It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Sękowa, 24 km (15 mi) south-east of Gorlice, and 123 km (76 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.
The village was populated predominantly by Lemkos, who were deported to Ukraine in 1945-47 during common Soviet-Polish Operation Vistula. In the village remain Lemko cemetery, some roadside crosses and figures, some ruins of old buildings.
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Church in Neznajova / Nieznajowa, around 1925 - 1933. Orthodox graves on the foreground. -
Roadside chapel in Neznajova / Nieznajowa (around 1918 - 1939) -
Nieznajowa on a Polish map of 1938 -
Modern student house in Nieznajowa -
Lemko roadside figure of Holy Family -
Lemko cemetery -
Lemko cemetery -
Lemko cemetery -
Lemko cemetery -
Lemko cemetery -
Lemko cemetery
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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