Mikaszówka is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Płaska __NOTOC__ Gmina Płaska is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the village of Płaska, which lies approximately east of Augustów and ...

, within

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, in north-eastern

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, close to the border with

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. It lies approximately east of

Płaska Płaska , (), is a village in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Płaska. It lies approximately east of Augustów a ...

, east of

Augustów Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Augustów has an area of , and as of June 2022 it has a popul ...

, and north of the regional capital

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ...

. The Mikaszówka Lock of the

Augustów Canal The Augustów Canal (, , ) is a cross-border canal built by the Congress Kingdom of Poland in 19th century in the Augustów Voivodeship (present-day Podlaskie Voivodeship of northeastern Poland and Grodno Region, Grodno Oblast of western Belarus ...

is located in Mikaszówka.

History

In 1827, Mikaszówka had a population of 95, and in the late 19th century it had a population of 128. During the

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(

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), in April 1940, the Germans arrested Polish priests Stanisław Piotr Konstantynowicz and in the village, and then imprisoned them in

Suwałki Suwałki (; ; or סוּוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). It is the capital of Suwałki County and one of the most important centers of commerce in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. A relatively young ci ...

and eventually deported them to

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. Maciątek died of exhaustion in the

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in June 1940, while Konstantynowicz was murdered in the

Hartheim Euthanasia Centre The Hartheim killing centre (, sometimes translated as "Hartheim killing facility" or "Hartheim euthanasia centre") was a killing facility involved in the German Nazi programme known as ''Aktion T4'', in which German citizens deemed mentally o ...

in August 1942 (see ''

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'').

References

Villages in Augustów County {{Augustów-geo-stub