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Mikaszówka [mikaˈʂufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Płaska, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Płaska, 29 km (18 mi) east of Augustów, and 88 km (55 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
Mikaszówka | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Mikaszówka Lock on the Augustów Canal in Mikaszówka | |
  Mikaszówka | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′26″N 23°23′44″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Augustów |
| Gmina | Płaska |
| Population | 90 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | BAU |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
The Mikaszówka Lock of the Augustów Canal is located in Mikaszówka.
In 1827, Mikaszówka had a population of 95, and in the late 19th century it had a population of 128.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in April 1940, the Germans arrested Polish priests Stanisław Piotr Konstantynowicz and Stanisław Maciątek in the village, and then imprisoned them in Suwałki and eventually deported them to concentration camps.[3][4] Maciątek died of exhaustion in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in June 1940,[4] while Konstantynowicz was murdered in the Hartheim Euthanasia Centre in August 1942 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
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