Kazanów, Masovian Voivodeship
Kazanów | |
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Village | |
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  Kazanów | |
| Coordinates: 51°16′19″N 21°27′23″E / 51.27194°N 21.45639°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Zwoleń |
| Gmina | Kazanów |
| Founded | 1566[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 460 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kazanów [kaˈzanuf] is a village in Zwoleń County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kazanów.[2] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-west of Zwoleń and 110 km (68 mi) south of Warsaw.
History
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Kazanów was founded in 1566 by the decree of King Sigismund II Augustus on the premises of the adjacent village of Miechów, the heir of which was Marcin Kazanowski.[1] It was a private town of the Kazanowski, Strzałkowski and Wąsowicz noble families,[1] administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of Poland.
During the German occupation (World War II), on 18 March 1942, the occupiers carried out a massacre of 16 Poles and 16 Jews.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III (in Polish). Warszawa. 1882. p. 920.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
External links
[edit]- Jewish Community in Kazanów on Virtual Shtetl
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