Cimochy, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

See also: Cimochy, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Cimochy
Village
Primary school in Cimochy
Primary school in Cimochy
Cimochy is located in Poland
Cimochy
Cimochy
Coordinates: 53°58′N 22°41′E / 53.967°N 22.683°E / 53.967; 22.683
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyOlecko
GminaWieliczki
Population
 • Total
456
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNOE
Voivodeship roads

Cimochy [t͡ɕiˈmɔxɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczki, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is located in the historic region of Masuria.

It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Wieliczki, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Olecko, and 145 km (90 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History

Historically, the village was known in Polish as both Cimochy and Czymochy.[2] As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish.[3]

During World War II, the Polish resistance carried out acts of sabotage against Nazi Germany. In 1944, the Polish Home Army twice damaged a sawmill that produced timber for the German Army, and mined railroad tracks, causing a freight train to derail.[4]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warszawa. 1880. p. 884.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 502.
  4. ^ Brenda, Waldemar (2007). "Pogranicze Prus Wschodnich i Polski w działaniach polskiej konspiracji w latach II wojny światowej". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish) (4): 517.


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