page_title: Górowo Iławeckie
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Górowo Iławeckie / History / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Górowo Iławeckie, ul. Kardynała Wyszyńskiego - kościół parafialny p.w. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa, 1892-1895 This is a photo of a monument in Poland identified by the ID 644236 English: Sacred Heart church in Górowo Iławeckie, Poland.
context_page_description: Górowo Iławeckie or simply Górowo, is a town in northern Poland, located in the Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 4,068 inhabitants. The town has a land area of 3.32 square kilometres and is the smallest municipality in terms of geographical size in Poland.
context_section_description: In 1871 Landsberg became part of Germany. In 1898, it was connected to the railway-line, and in 1908, a municipal gas factory was established, which is today a technical museum.
  In the beginning of World War I, Russian troops conquered the town for a few days in late August 1914. Owing to some shootings by German soldiers, the post office, one house, and several barns were burned down and seven civilians were executed. A railway bridge was blown up. German troops reconquered the town on September 2, 1914 without fighting.
  In February 1945, the town and its periphery was the scene for fierce battles between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army, which finally conquered the town on February 2, 1945. As an important travel nexus, a large number of civilians trying to escape from East Prussia were captured here. On June 19, 1945, representatives of the Polish administration came to the town and took over administrative power from the Soviet commandant.
  Following the Potsdam Conference, the town, having been settled by German-speakers for centuries was voided of its native population in 1946/47, to be resettled with Polish citizens new to the region. The town was renamed to obtain the proper Polish name of Górowo. Along with Poles, especially from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union, a remarkable number of people of Ukraine nationality were settled by force in the area of Gorowo through Operation Vistula in 1947. Today a Ukrainian boarding school exists in Gorowo, and the former Lutheran church is used by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
caption: Gothic Revival Sacred Heart church
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