Skierbieszów is a

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, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Skierbieszów __NOTOC__ Gmina Skierbieszów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Skierbieszów, which lies approximately north-east of Zamość and south-east of the r ...

. It lies on the river Wolica, approximately north-east of

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and south-east of the regional capital

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. There is a

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in the village. In 1428 the village was given to the bishop Jan Zborowski of

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and 1453 the village was given rights by the King as a town. Skierbieszow was a town until 1822 and the coat of arms of the town/village is of Ostoja. In November 1942 during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the Polish inhabitants of Skierbieszów were expelled to make room for German settlers. Former

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was born in the village during the occupation. The village was briefly renamed ''Heidenstein'' until the arrival of Soviet forces in 1944. In 1945-46 the Polish residents began returning to their homes.

References

External links

Skierbieszów website
Villages in Zamość County {{Zamość-geo-stub