Kaszów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Explained

See also: Kaszów, Masovian Voivodeship.

Kaszów
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kraków
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Liszki
Coordinates:50.0389°N 19.7189°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:2030
Website:http://www.kaszow.pl

Kaszów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liszki, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4km (02miles) west of Liszki and 160NaN0 west of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

During the Second World War 27 Polish civilians (including 7 women) were tortured and murdered on July 1, 1943, in Kaszów by troops of German Police and SS. 24 households were burned.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Józef Fajkowski, Jan Religa (1981) Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, p. 166