Kępa Gostecka Explained

Kępa Gostecka
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Opole Lubelskie
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Łaziska
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.15°N 68°W
Population Total:336

Kępa Gostecka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łaziska, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] Until 2005 it was part of Gmina Solec nad Wisłą in Masovian Voivodeship. It lies approximately 7km (04miles) west of Łaziska, 130NaN0 west of Opole Lubelskie, and 560NaN0 west of the regional capital Lublin.

History

The village was founded in 1789 by the Świętokrzyskie Benedictines on the land taken by the Vistula village of Goszcza in the place where after the flood of the Vistula the village land remained the only farm field on the Vistula clump (Chałupa Goszcza)[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Słownik historyczno-geograficzny ziem polskich w średniowieczu. www.slownik.ihpan.edu.pl. 2019-08-14.