Bliżów

Bliżów
Village
Bliżów is located in Poland
Bliżów
Bliżów
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 50°36′6″N 23°7′17″E / 50.60167°N 23.12139°E / 50.60167; 23.12139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyZamość
GminaAdamów
Population
 • Total
220
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationLZA

Bliżów [ˈbliʐuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Adamów, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1]

On 30 December 1942, Wojda (now part of Bliżów) was the site of a victorious battle of Polish partisans of the Peasant Battalions and Soviet partisans against the German gendarmerie and colonists settled as part of the Lebensraum policy.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "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).
  2. ↑ Słownik historii Polski (in Polish). Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. 1973. p. 567.