Zarzecze, Puławy County Explained

Zarzecze
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lublin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Puławy
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Puławy
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.4167°N 72°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:LPU
Blank Name Sec2:Highways
Blank1 Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Zarzecze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puławy, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) west of Puławy and 540NaN0 west of the regional capital Lublin.

History

In 1827, Zarzecze had a population of 89.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. The Germans operated a subcamp of the Stalag 307 prisoner-of-war camp in the village, which housed some 3,000-4,000 POWs.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV. 1895. pl. Warsaw. 429.
  3. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Overmans. Rüdiger. Vogt. Wolfgang. 2022. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 292. 978-0-253-06089-1.