Dębówka, Lublin Voivodeship Explained

Dębówka
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lublin
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Jastków
Coordinates:51.2775°N 22.4819°W
Pushpin Map:Poland

Dębówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastków, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]

A new lantern of the dead constructed in the Romanesque style was completed in 2021 in Dębowka. A custom of Roman Catholicism which has fallen out of fashion, the new lantern is the first such construction to be built in Europe in centuries.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. News: Mikulicz . Tomasz . Pod Lublinem stanęła latarnia umarłych. Pierwsza w Europie od wieków . 1 November 2021 . TVN.