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Krępiec, Lublin Voivodeship
Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Krępiec [ˈkrɛmpjɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) south-west of Mełgiew, 3 km (2 mi) south-east of Świdnik, and 13 km (8 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
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History
As of the 1880s, the village had a distillery, brewery and a watermill.[2] According to the 1921 Polish census, the village had a population of 941, 99.9% Polish and 0.1% Ukrainian.[3]
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. In 1942–1943, the German gendarmerie and Ukrainian auxiliaries murdered a number of Poles and Jews, brought from the Majdanek concentration camp.[4]
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Architecture and monuments
- Old chapel built in the 19th century.
- mill built in '20 age of XX century
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