Piotrków Pierwszy Explained

Piotrków Pierwszy
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lublin
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Jabłonna
Coordinates:51.0422°N 22.6447°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:790

Piotrków Pierwszy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonna, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-east of Jabłonna and 240NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.

location

Piotrków lies on the Czerniejówka Lublin Upland.It is located in the central part of Lublin Voivodeship in the Lublin district in the municipality of Jabłonna, at Voivodeship road 835.

In the village there are:

Close to the village is the hamlet Sacharin.

History

Piotrków existed in the early Middle Ages. The former royal property and manage its tenant. In 1388, King Jogaila village moved to Magdeburg rights.

During World War I was the front here, the whole village was burned. When the front of the local people had gone to clean up the field with the corpses of soldiers flooded the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian Army. Until today, there are remnants of trenches in the woods. In the village there are three war cemeteries from World War I.[2] [3]

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: Piotrków w gminie Jabłonna - cmentarze wojenne Złe miejsca dla ślimaków . trobal.pulawy.pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426054226/http://trobal.pulawy.pl/node/521 . 2012-04-26.
  3. Web site: Gmina Jabłonna.