Borowe, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

The village was established in 1548 by Bartosz, sołtys of Widryny,^[2] when it was part of Poland as a fief held by Ducal Prussia. As of 1693, the population of the village was solely Polish.^[2] From the 18th century it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany within the province of East Prussia. During a massive campaign of renaming of placenames, the German administration renamed the village to Prausken to erase traces of Polish origin. During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the village.^[3] After the defeat of Nazi Germany in the war, in 1945, the village along with Masuria became again part of Poland, and its historic name was restored.