Stary Korczyn is a

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in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Korczyn, within

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, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Nowy Korczyn, south of

Busko-Zdrój Busko-Zdrój () is a spa town in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland. It is the capital of Busko County. As of December 2021, it has a population of 15,310. History The origin of Busko goes back to the 12th century, when a group of sh ...

, and south of the regional capital

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. The village has a population of 304. Stary Korczyn was the subject of a well-known painting from World War I, ''Erstürmung des Dorfes Stary Korczyn durch das Landsturminfanterieregiment Nr. 1, 22. Dez. 1914'' (Attack on the Village of Stary Korczyn by the Vienna First Infantry Regiment on December 22, 1914), by Alfred Basel, now hanging in the

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References

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