Wierzbie, Lublin Voivodeship
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Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Wierzbie | |
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Village | |
  Wierzbie | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′N 23°20′E / 50.667°N 23.333°E / 50.667; 23.333 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Zamość |
| Gmina | Łabunie |
| Population | |
• Total | 450 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LZA |
Wierzbie [ˈvjɛʐbjɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łabunie, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
In 1827, the village had a population of 183.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, on 4 January 1943, the German gendarmerie and Ukrainian nationalists committed a massacre of 30 Poles in Wierzbie (21 men, 3 women and 6 children).[3]
References
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1893. p. 397.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Jastrzębski, Stanisław (2007). Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947 (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Nortom. p. 223. ISBN 978-83-89684-04-2.
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