Miętkie, Lublin Voivodeship Explained

See also: Miętkie, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Miętkie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hrubieszów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Mircze
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:50.65°N 72°W

Miętkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mircze, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) west of Mircze, 200NaN0 south of Hrubieszów, and 1100NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

World War II

During the World War II, in March 1944, Turkowice was attacked by Polish partisans in reprisal for the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia carried out by Ukrainian nationalists. 105 Ukrainian villagers were murdered and 160 houses destroyed.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Book: Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948 . Ther, Philipp . Siljak, Ana . 2001 . Rowman & Littfield . Oxford . 174.