Zwierzyniec

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Zwierzyniec

St.John's of Nepomuk Church on an island

Coat of arms
Zwierzyniec
Coordinates: 50°37′N 22°58′E / 50.617°N 22.967°E / 50.617; 22.967
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Zamość
Gmina Zwierzyniec
Government
 • Mayor Jan Skiba
Area
 • Total 4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Elevation 215 m (705 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 3,344
 • Density 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 22-470
Car plates LZA
Website http://www.zwierzyniec.info.pl

Zwierzyniec [zvjɛˈʐɨɲɛt͡s] is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004).

Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park. The park comprises some of the last remaining sections of the primordial forest of Central Europe, especially spectacular stand of ancient beech trees (Bukowa Gora). It also is a rail junction, located along the Rejowiec Fabryczny - Hrebenne - Munina connection, with a branch line going westwards, to Stalowa Wola, via Biłgoraj.

History

The Zwierzyniec settlement was established in the 16th century by the Zamoyski family. One of the features here is an artificial lake with a number of small islands - one of them contains monuments of the hounds belonging to the Polish Queen Marysieńka Sobieska (primo voto Zamoyska).

On another island the Zamoyskis built a baroque chapel, which became later the main church of the local Catholic parish. It is now known as the St John Nepomucene's parish church - renovated and expanded in early 1960s by father Dutkowski. The access to the chapel island is now via a bridge.

World War II

During the occupation of Poland in World War Two, Nazi Germans set up a transit camp in Zwierzyniec for the province-wide Action Zamość. The camp processed 20,000-24,000 Poles, with many victims sent to death camps at Auschwitz and Majdanek.[1]

Race selections based on forcible abduction of children were conducted at Zwierzyniec.[2] The term "Children of Zamojszczyzna" originates from this programme.[1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Agnieszka Jaczyńska (2012). Aktion Zamosc (PDF). Pamięć.pl Nr 8/2012. OBEP IPN, Lublin: Institute of National Remembrance. 30-35 (1-5 in PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Bolesław Szymanik, Zarząd Stowarzyszenia Dzieci Zamojszczyzny w Biłgoraju (2015-08-17). "72. rocznica likwidacji obozu przesiedleńczego w Zwierzyńcu". Dzieci zamojszczyzny. Bilgoraj.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

Coordinates: 50°37′N 22°58′E / 50.617°N 22.967°E / 50.617; 22.967

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