Żebrak Explained

Żebrak
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Siedlce
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Skórzec
Coordinates:52.0667°N 27°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Żebrak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórzec, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17km (11miles) south-west of Siedlce and 760NaN0 east of Warsaw.

The name of the village means "beggar" in Polish.

Polish general Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki was born in Żebrak in 1787.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Skrzynecki, Jan Zygmunt . 25 . Bain . Robert Nisbet . Robert Nisbet Bain. 195 . 1.