Cimochy [t͡ɕiˈmɔxɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczki, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is located in the historic region of Masuria.
Cimochy | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Primary school in Cimochy | |
  Cimochy | |
| Coordinates: 53°58′N 22°41′E / 53.967°N 22.683°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Olecko |
| Gmina | Wieliczki |
| Population | |
| • Total | 456 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NOE |
| Voivodeship roads |   |
It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Wieliczki, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Olecko, and 145 km (90 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
History
editHistorically, the village was known in Polish as both Cimochy and Czymochy.[2] As of 1600, the population of the village was exclusively Polish.[3]
During World War II, the Polish resistance carried out acts of sabotage against Nazi Germany. In 1944, the Polish Home Army twice damaged a sawmill that produced timber for the German Army, and mined railroad tracks, causing a freight train to derail.[4]
Notable residents
edit- Arno von Lenski (1893–1986), German general
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warszawa. 1880. p. 884.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1882). O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich (in Polish). Lwów: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 502.
- ^ Brenda, Waldemar (2007). "Pogranicze Prus Wschodnich i Polski w działaniach polskiej konspiracji w latach II wojny światowej". Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie (in Polish) (4): 517.
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