borowe

Borowe is a village located in southwestern Poland within the administrative district of Gmina Komprachcice, Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship. It lies approximately twelve kilometres north-west of the county capital Strzelce Opolskie and about twenty‑four kilometres south-east of the regional capital Opole. The settlement is positioned on the northern bank of the Nysa Kłodzka river, an area characterised by mixed agricultural land and forested hills.

The first recorded mention of Borowe dates to the early fourteenth century, when the village was part of the Piast‑ruled duchies of Opole. Throughout the Middle Ages it served primarily as a farming community for local nobles, with the surrounding forests providing timber and hunting grounds. During the Thirty Years’ War in the early seventeenth century the village suffered significant depopulation. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it fell under the jurisdiction of the Austrian Kingdom of Galicia following the Silesian Wars, and later became part of Prussia.

According to the 2011 Census the population of Borowe was 342 residents. The economy remains largely agricultural, with a small proportion of inhabitants commuting to nearby industrial towns. A chapel dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, constructed in the nineteenth century, stands as a notable historical landmark, as does a war memorial commemorating local soldiers lost in the world wars. The village also contains a primary school that serves the surrounding rural area. Borowe retains traditional Silesian dialect features in its local speech and is occasionally referenced in regional literature concerning rural Silesian life.