Firlej
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Firlej is a town in east Poland in Lubartów County near Lake Firlej.
[edit] History
The town Firlej was grounded by Mikołaj Firlej in 1557. From the beginning the town has typical agriculture and handicraft character.
The other owners of Firlej were the families of Zalewski, Lubomirski and Sanguszko. In 1839 the town belonged to the president of Polish Bank - Mr Henryk Łubieński, who grounded the first factory of tools and agriculture machines in Lublin area.
Firlej took part also in uprising fights in 1831 and in 1863. The town had lost his rights because of patriotism of its citizens in 1869. The XX age brought to the town great demage caused by I World War battles. In the first half of august 1920 in Firlej marshal Józef Piłsudski inspected the Polish troops going to the east. During german nazi occupation Firlej was an area of activity of A.K. division of captain T. Pośpiech. The town was released on July, 22. 1944 by the 27 Wołyń Division of Armia Krajowa.
[edit] Agrotourism
The lack of large cities and industry in our area makes development of agrotourism and ecological farm very attractive. The nature attitudes of Firlej make this place very interesting for recreation, especially water sports. The picturesque rivers Wieprz and Tyśmienica, with numerous old basins, make this flat area attractive. For angling fans there are different sweet water fish like: perch, pike, eal, tench and others.
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