Nieznajowa

Nieznajowa
Village
Nieznajowa
Coordinates: 49°29′27″N 21°23′29″E / 49.49083°N 21.39139°E / 49.49083; 21.39139
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Gorlice
Gmina	Sękowa

Nieznajowa [ɲeznaˈjɔva] (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 buildigs.

Gallery

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  Nieznajowa on a Polish map of 1938

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  Modern student house in Nieznajowa

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  Lemko roadside figure of Holy Family

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  Lemko cemetery

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  Lemko cemetery

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  Lemko cemetery

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  Lemko cemetery

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  Lemko cemetery

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  Lemko cemetery

References

Gmina Sękowa Seat Sękowa Other villages Banica Bartne Bodaki Czarne Jasionka Krzywa Lipna Małastów Męcina Mała Męcina Wielka Nieznajowa Owczary Pętna Radocyna Ropica Górna Siary Wapienne Wołowiec

Coordinates: 49°29′27″N 21°23′29″E / 49.49083°N 21.39139°E / 49.49083; 21.39139