Góry Wysokie

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Góry Wysokie
Village
Our Lady of Sorrows church in Góry Wysokie
Our Lady of Sorrows church in Góry Wysokie
Góry Wysokie is located in Poland
Góry Wysokie
Góry Wysokie
Coordinates: 50°44′40″N 21°45′34″E / 50.74444°N 21.75944°E / 50.74444; 21.75944
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŚwiętokrzyskie
CountySandomierz
GminaDwikozy
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Góry Wysokie [ˈɡurɨ vɨˈsɔkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dwikozy, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Dwikozy, 7 km (4 mi) north of Sandomierz, and 82 km (51 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.[1]

Góry Wysokie was a private village within the Polish Crown, owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in March 1940, Germans murdered 117 Poles from the region in the forest of Góry Wysokie.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1993, p. 3 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 251-252 (in Polish)


Coordinates: 50°44′40″N 21°45′34″E / 50.74444°N 21.75944°E / 50.74444; 21.75944


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