Korycin
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
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Korycin ([kɔˈrɨt͡ɕin]; Yiddish: קוריצין, romanized: Kartchin) is a village in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Korycin.
The Korycinski cheese is traditional food of Korycin, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.
History
Town rights were granted in 1671 and revoked in 1897.[3]
In 1900, there were 411 Jews living in Korycin. Nearly all were murdered by the Germans and their collaborators during the Holocaust.[4]
