Janowo, Nidzica County

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Janowo.^[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Nidzica and 53 km (33 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn

Janusz I of Warsaw from the Piast dynasty. It formed part of the Kingdom of Poland until the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, when it was annexed by Prussia. In 1807, it became part of the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, and after the duchy's dissolution in 1815, it was part of so-called Congress Poland in the Russian Partition of Poland. It was one of numerous Polish towns stripped of town rights in 1869, as punishment for the unsuccessful Polish January Uprising against Russia. During World War I, it was occupied by Germany. After the war, in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of the settlement. During World War II, it was occupied by Germany