Księżomierz Explained

Księżomierz
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kraśnik
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gościeradów
Coordinates:50.9°N 80°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Księżomierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościeradów, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17km (11miles) west of Kraśnik and 570NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Lublin.

15 March 1942 Germans pacified the village. They killed a dozen or so persons and burnt buildings.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Józef Fajkowski, Jan Religa: Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, 1981, p. 392