Mordarka | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 49°41′50″N 20°27′47″E / 49.69722°N 20.46306°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
County | Limanowa |
Gmina | Gmina Limanowa |
Population | |
• Total | 2,387 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | KLI |
Mordarka [mɔrˈdarka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Limanowa, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Limanowa and 56 km (35 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
In 1881, Mordarka had a population of 772.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on 7 September 1939, the Germans committed a massacre of ten people from Limanowa in Mordarka. The victims were nine Jews and a Polish mailman, who tried to persuade the Germans to release the nine arrested Jews.[3]