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Dziecinów, Kozienice County

Coordinates: 51°43′31″N 21°18′23″E / 51.72528°N 21.30639°E / 51.72528; 21.30639
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Dziecinów
Village
Dziecinów is located in Poland
Dziecinów
Dziecinów
Coordinates: 51°43′31″N 21°18′23″E / 51.72528°N 21.30639°E / 51.72528; 21.30639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyKozienice
GminaGrabów nad Pilicą
Population
100

Dziecinów [d͡ʑɛˈt͡ɕinuf] 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 includes the districts of Adamów and Grzybowszczyzna.

Battle of Kuznow

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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

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  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.