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See also: Krępiec, Pomeranian Voivodeship Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Krępiec
Village
Old watermillOld watermill
Krępiec is located in PolandKrępiecKrępiec
Coordinates: 51°12′N 22°44′E / 51.200°N 22.733°E / 51.200; 22.733
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyŚwidnik
GminaMełgiew
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationLSW

Krępiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Mełgiew, 3 km (2 mi) south-east of Świdnik, and 13 km (8 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

As of the 1880s, the village had a distillery, brewery and a watermill. According to the 1921 Polish census, the village had a population of 941, 99.9% Polish and 0.1% Ukrainian.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. In 1942–1943, the German gendarmerie and Ukrainian auxiliaries murdered a number of Poles and Jews, brought from the Majdanek concentration camp.

Architecture and monuments

  • Old chapel built in the 19th century.
  • mill built in '20 age of XX century

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 670.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. IV. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 65.
  4. Jastrzębski, Stanisław (2007). Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947 (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Nortom. p. 47. ISBN 978-83-89684-04-2.
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