Baborów (; ) is a town in Gmina Baborów, Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, southern Poland. The town has an area of , In the 18th century, Baborów belonged to the tax inspection region of Prudnik.

According to the German census of 1890, the town had a population of 2,707, of which 2,220 (82%) were Czechs. It marked the 19th-century linguistic border between German, Polish, and Czech.

During World War II, the town, then known as Bauerwitz, was the base for two working parties (E288 and E398) of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, under the administration of the German Stalag VIII-B/344 POW camp. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced from the east, the prisoners were marched by the Germans westward in the so-called Long March or Death March. Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the allied armies after some four months of travelling on foot in appalling conditions. The town's German population was interned in Łambinowice camp, and expelled.

Notable people

  • (1946–2019), Polish geographer and politician, member of the Polish Sejm.

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Baborów.

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2012-09 Baborów 33 Kolumna maryjna.jpg|St. Mary column

2012-09 Baborów 52 Pomnik.jpg|World War II memorial

2012-09 Baborów 37 kościół Narodzenia NMP.jpg|Assumption of Mary Church

2012-09 Baborów 10 kaplica p.w. Serca Jezusowego.jpg|Sacred Heart Chapel

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References

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