Kostrzyn is a
village
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in the administrative district of
Gmina Wyśmierzyce, within
Białobrzegi County,
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of
Wyśmierzyce, south-west of
Białobrzegi, and south of
Warsaw
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.
History
Kostrzyn was a private village of
Polish nobility
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, administratively located in the Radom County in the
Sandomierz Voivodeship in the
Lesser Poland Province. In 1827, the village had a population of 85.
References
Villages in Białobrzegi County
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