Horodyszcze is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Wisznice Gmina Wisznice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wisznice, which lies approximately south of Biała Podlaska and north-east of the regional ca ...

, within

Biała Podlaska County Biała (the feminine form of Polish ''biały'' 'white') may refer to: Cities and towns in Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) *Biała, Gmina Trzcianka * Biała, Gmina Wieleń * Biała, Kalisz County * Biała, Konin County Łód ...

, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of

Wisznice Wisznice is a village in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the ...

, south of

Biała Podlaska Biała Podlaska ( la, Alba Ducalis) is a city in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). ...

, and north-east of the regional capital

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

. Horodyszcze, which had town rights from mid-16th century until 1879, dates back to the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. Its name comes from Eastern Slavic word ''horodyszcze'', which means gord. The village was first mentioned in documents from 1446, and until 1944, was a private property of several noble families, including the Polubinski. The village has remains of an early medieval settlement with a cemetery. Both are now archaeological sites, and are located south of Horodyszcze. Furthermore, the village has a Classicistic palace and park (1818–1824), designed by Antonio Corazzi for Julian Frankowski.

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Villages in Biała Podlaska County Podlachian Voivodeship Siedlce Governorate Kholm Governorate Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939) {{BiałaPodlaska-geo-stub