Gromovo, Kaliningrad Oblast

This article is about the village in Kaliningrad Oblast. For the village in Leningrad Oblast, see Gromovo, Leningrad Oblast.

Gromovo (Russian: Громово; Lithuanian: Lauknos) is a rural locality in Slavsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the region of Lithuania Minor. It has a population of 423 (2010 Census).^[3]

Gromovo Громово
Rural locality
Location of Gromovo
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Coordinates: 54°58′N 21°25′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast
Time zone	UTC+2 (MSK–1 [1])
Postal code(s)[2]	238604
OKTMO ID	27727000151

History

In the late 19th century it had a population of 600, entirely Lithuanian-speaking.^[4]

Under Nazi Germany, it was renamed Hohenbruch to erase traces of Lithuanian origin. Near the village Nazi Germany operated the Hohenbruch concentration camp [de], mostly for Polish prisoners (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). There is a memorial with Polish and Russian inscriptions at the location.