Biskupice, Lublin Voivodeship
Biskupice | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Baroque Church of St. Stanislaus in Biskupice | |
  Biskupice Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 51°8′N 22°57′E / 51.133°N 22.950°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Świdnik |
| Gmina | Trawniki |
| Population | |
• Total | 890 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | LSW |
Biskupice [biskuˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trawniki, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]
The village has a current population of 890.
History
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Biskupice was possibly founded by Zbigniew Oleśnicki, cardinal and Bishop of Kraków,[2] in the early 15th century. The name comes from the Polish word Biskup, which means "Bishop". In 1444, Cardinal Oleśnicki established a Catholic parish in Biskupice.[2] Biskupice was granted town rights in 1450.[3]
In 1921, there was a Jewish population of 129 people.[4]
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Biskupice was occupied by Germany until 1944. During the Holocaust, the Jewish population suffered tremendously. A group of 120 to 200 Jews from Kraków were sent to Biskupice. In February 1942 a transport of 600 Jews was directed to the Bełżec extermination camp. Other Jews in the ghetto apparently were sent to Majdanek. The Jewish community ceased to exist after March 1942.[5]
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).
- 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa. 1880. p. 238.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
- ↑ Przesmycka, E (2001). Przeobrażenia zabudowy i krajobrazu miasteczek Lubelszczyzny (in Polish). Poland.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Virtual Sztetl". Virtual Sztetl. Retrieved July 21, 2018.