__NOTOC__ Gmina Izbica is a rural

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) in

Krasnystaw County __NOTOC__ Krasnystaw County ( pl, powiat krasnostawski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government r ...

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 country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Che� ...

, in eastern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Its seat is the village of

Izbica Izbica ( yi, איזשביצע ''Izhbitz, Izhbitze'') is a village in the Krasnystaw County of the Lublin Voivodeship in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina administrative district called Gmina Izbica. It lies approximately south of Kr ...

, which lies approximately south of

Krasnystaw Krasnystaw ( uk, Красностав, Krasnostav) is a town in southeastern Poland with 18 630 inhabitants (31 december 2019). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Chełm Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital o ...

and south-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 ...

. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,942. The gmina contains part of the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

called Skierbieszów Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Izbica contains the villages and settlements of Bobliwo, Dworzyska,

Kryniczki Kryniczki () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Izbica, south-east of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional capit ...

, Majdan Krynicki, Mchy, Orłów Drewniany, Orłów Drewniany-Kolonia, Orłów Murowany, Orłów Murowany-Kolonia, Ostrówek, Ostrzyca, Romanów, Stryjów, Tarnogóra, Tarnogóra-Kolonia,

Tarzymiechy Drugie Tarzymiechy Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Izbica, south of Krasnystaw, and south-east of the regional cap ...

Tarzymiechy Pierwsze Tarzymiechy Pierwsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship ( ...

, Tarzymiechy Trzecie,

Topola Topola ( sr-cyrl, Топола, ) is a town and municipality located in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. It was the place where Karađorđe, a Serbian revolutionary, was chosen as the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottom ...

, Wał,

Wirkowice Drugie Wirkowice Drugie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Izbica, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (prov ...

, Wirkowice Pierwsze, Wólka Orłowska and Zalesie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Izbica is bordered by the gminas of Gorzków, Kraśniczyn,

, Nielisz, Rudnik,

Skierbieszów Skierbieszów is a village in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Skierbieszów. It lies on the river Wolica, approximately north-east of Zamość and sout ...

and Stary Zamość.

Stolpersteine , Winterlingen

* Dr. Emil Burkart (1884–1957), degree in Human Medicin,

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

about 9.000 Specimens in the

State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart The State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (german: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart), abbreviated SMNS, is one of the two state of Baden-Württemberg's natural history museums. Together with the State Museum of Natural History ...

* Selma Burkart (1885–1942),

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

victim investigate more detail created the Sister City Izbica/Winterlingen Partner
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References

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