Borowy Las


Borowy Las is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sierakowice, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sierakowice, west of Kartuzy, and west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 144.
It was the birthplace in 1896 of Franziska Schanzkowska, who gained notoriety for claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.