Stary Lubotyń is a
village in
Ostrów Mazowiecka County,
Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Stary Lubotyń
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Gmina Stary Lubotyń is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Stary Lubotyń, which lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) ...
.
It lies approximately north of
Ostrów Mazowiecka
Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in eastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Ostrołęka Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County.
History
Ostr ...
and north-east of
Warsaw.
History
The local Catholic church was established in 1497.
Lubotyń was a private church village of the
Diocese of Płock
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
, administratively located in the
Masovian Voivodeship in the
Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1827, it had a population of 195.
[
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), on 23 January 1943, the German gendarmerie committed a massacre of eight young Poles, who were caught at a dance party (see also '' Nazi crimes against the Polish nation'').]
References
Villages in Ostrów Mazowiecka County
Sites of World War II massacres of Poles
Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland
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