Obrowo, Tuchola County

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

Obrowo
—  Village  —
Obrowo
Coordinates: 53°35′11″N 17°40′55″E / 53.58639°N 17.68194°E / 53.58639; 17.68194
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Tuchola
Gmina	Kęsowo
Population	160

Obrowo [ɔˈbrɔvɔ] (German: Abrau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kęsowo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.^[1] The village has a population of 160.

Geography

Obrowo lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Kęsowo, 12 km (7 mi) west of Tuchola, and 57 km (35 mi) north of Bydgoszcz.

History

Obrowo formed a part of Royal Prussia, which had seceded from Teutonic Prussia in 1466 following the Second Peace of Thorn. In 1569 Royal Prussia merged in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1772 in the course of the First Partition of Poland the Kingdom of Prussia seized Obrowo, with most of Royal Prussia, as ratified by the Partition Sejm in 1773. In 1871 the Kingdom of Prussia merged in the German Empire. After World War I Obrowo became part of the Second Polish Republic following the Peace of Versailles. During World War II Nazi Germany occupied and annexed Obrowo. This unilateral act was reversed by Germany's defeat in 1945.

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 53°35′11″N 17°40′55″E / 53.58639°N 17.68194°E / 53.58639; 17.68194