Wiszniów

Wiszniów
Village
Countryside in Wiszniów
Countryside in Wiszniów
Wiszniów is located in Poland
Wiszniów
Wiszniów
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 50°35′N 23°54′E / 50.583°N 23.900°E / 50.583; 23.900
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyHrubieszów
GminaMircze
First mentioned1396
Population
584
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22-530[1]
Vehicle registrationLHR

Wiszniów [ˈviʂɲuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mircze, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[2]

Geography

Wiszniów is located on the south-eastern edge of the Mircze commune, on the Bukowa River on the border of the Kotlina Hrubieszowska and Grzęda Sokalska. The village is mainly of agricultural and fruit production owing to its suitable conditions. There are both farm buildings and a housing estate. The water reservoir is located in Korczunek (Karczunek), and there are several artificial reservoirs for breeding ponds. In the north of the village there is a mixed forest.[3]

Demography

In 2011, the population was 584, making Wiszniów the second largest village in the Mircze commune. Half of the community is women and half are men. From 1998 to 2011, the number of inhabitants decreased by 1.5%. 60.3% of the inhabitants of the village of Wiszniów are of working age, 20.5% in pre-working age, and 19.2% of residents are in post-working age. There are 65.9 people of non-working age in the village of Wiszniów per 100 people of working age.[4]

Demography

History

Manor of Kiełczewski family, 1910

The first information on the village dates from 1396. The first owner of the village was Mikołaj Mnich (1426). The next owner was Jan Makosiej. In 1564, the village owned 84 ha of arable land. According to the royal lustration of 1589, Wiszniów was the village of the Tyszowce district of the Bełz County of the Bełz Voivodeship of the Lesser Poland Province. Wiszniów was a possession of Makosiej, there were 5 farmland, 5 hedgehogs, 1 artisan and 4 surveyors. In 1827 Wiszniów had 78 houses and 393 inhabitants.[5] At that time, the owners were Świeżawscy. The Świeżawscy sold the village to Seweryn Kiełczewski. The Kiełczewskis lived in Wiszniów in a wooden mansion. In 1921 there were 105 houses, 622 inhabitants. Most of the residents were Ukrainian. There were 27 Jews. During the Second World War, Wiszniów was burned. Many people, Ukrainians and Poles, were killed at that time.[6] Probably all the Jews died. Ukrainians have been displaced to the Soviet Union. The Poles did not return after the war until 1947.[7][8]

Church

Saint Stanislaus church

The first information on the church dates from 1472. n 1531, the church was empty ("sinagoga deserta"). Another church was built in 1669, it was funded by King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. The church was called Decapitation of the Saint Jeans. The new church was founded by Michał Radecki and Franciszek Świeżawski in 1780. The new church, which still exists today, was built in 1850. Władysław Kiełczewski was the founder of the church. In 1922, the church was converted to a Catholic church. The new parish is dedicated to Saint Stanislaus. The church was rebuilt (1922, 1954, 1987). The church is registered in the monument register.[7][8]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "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).
  3. ↑ STRATEGIA ROZWOJU GMINY MIRCZE NA LATA 2015-2020
  4. ↑ Wiszniów - Polska w liczbach, dane GUS
  5. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. XIII. Warszawa. 1893. p. 624.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ "Kresowa księga sprawiedliwych 1939–1945" - portal edukacyjny IPN, pamiec.pl
  7. 1 2 J. Niedźwiedź, E. Niedźwiedź, E. Prusicka- Kołcon, M. Kołcon, L. Szopiński, Dzieje miejscowości gminy Mircze, powiat hrubieszowski, Mircze - Zamość 2008, pp. 114-115, 141-142.
  8. 1 2 Wiesław Bondyra, Słownik historyczny miejscowości województwa zamojskiego
  9. ↑ "Ucieczka Jana Redzeja, Witolda Pileckiego oraz Edwarda Ciesielskiego z KL Auschwitz |". Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  10. ↑ "Powstańcze Biogramy - Jan Redzej".
  11. ↑ "Barszcz Adam (Barsh)". March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Adam Barszcz".
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