Księżomierz

Księżomierz
Village
Księżomierz is located in Poland
Księżomierz
Księżomierz
Coordinates: 50°54′N 21°59′E / 50.900°N 21.983°E / 50.900; 21.983
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyKraśnik
GminaGościeradów

Księżomierz [kɕɛ̃ˈʐɔmjɛʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościeradów, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Kraśnik and 57 km (35 mi) 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]

References

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


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