| Wierzchowiny | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 51.0531°N 23.6933°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lublin |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Krasnystaw |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Siennica Różana |
Wierzchowiny pronounced as /pl/ is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siennica Różana, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
See main article: Wierzchowiny massacre. Wierzchowiny was the location of a massacre carried out by a National Armed Forces unit commanded by Mieczysław Pazderski on 6 June 1945 in which approximately 50–196 inhabitants of the village (mostly Ukrainian, but also Polish) were killed in what remains an aura of considerable controversy.[2]