Borów, Kraśnik County

For other places with the same name, see Borów (disambiguation).

Borów [ˈbɔruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Annopol, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 10 km (6 mi) south of Annopol, 25 km (16 mi) south-west of Kraśnik, and 68 km (42 mi) south-west of the regional capital Lublin.

Borów
Village
Saints Andrew and Joseph church in Borów
Borów
Coordinates: 50°48′N 21°55′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Kraśnik
Gmina	Annopol
Population
• Total	500
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LKR

History

During the German occupation (World War II), on 2 February 1944, the village was pacified by the occupiers. Some 300 Polish inhabitants were massacred in reprisal for their support for the Polish resistance movement. There is a memorial in the village.