| Płonna Płonna |
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|---|---|
| — village — | |
| Country | Poland |
| Beskids | Subcarpathian Voivodship |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.8 km2 (26.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2.6 m (9 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 20 |
Płonna, in Plone 1433, de Plona 1437, villa Plona 1451, Plonna 1508, Płonna 1699, village in eastern Lesser Poland in the Lesser Beskid mountains, Bukowsko rural commune, located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota (in northeastern Slovakia).
Płonna is about 10 mi (16 km) from Sanok in south-eastern Poland. It is situated below the main watershed at the foot of the Słonne Mountain, and has an elevation of 340 m (1,115 ft). Since 1999 it is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (province); previously in Krosno Voivodship (1975–1998) and Sanok district, (10 mi (16 km) east of Sanok), parish Bukowsko.
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Płonna was founded in 1433 by Bal. During 966–1018, 1340–1772 (Ruthenian Voivodeship) and during 1918–1939 Płonna was part of Poland. During 1772–1918 it belonged to the Austrian empire, and later the Austrian-Hungarian empire when double monarchy was introduced in Austria. In 1785 the village lands comprised 18.93 km2 (7.31 sq mi). There were 710 Catholics. The village was burned by the Polish Army for the Polish government on 28 March 1946 and all villagers were moved out. Their plots were joined to form a collective farm and the church was turned into a barn.
The church at Płonna is right on the road and easy to get to. Filial churches were located in Wysoczany (4.5 km/2.8 mi away) and Kożuszne (4 km/2.5 mi). The cemetery has a few headstones in it. The rural families are poor, agriculture is rarely profitable and low income makes it difficult for farms to invest in improvements.
Płonna was the site of a "special camp" in 1942. The camp was used to hold Jews from the Sanok, Lesko and Dobromil powiats, that is if they weren't shot in their village or taken to the work camp in Zwangsarbeitslager Zaslaw, 30 km (19 mi) east of Bukowsko. Apparently at least 13,000 people were held at Zaslaw and then transported to Belzec extermination camp. The old people were shot in the woods near Zaslaw, according to "The Holocaust: The Jews in the County of Cracau". On April 1946 the village was attacked by a strong unit of the Polish Army and some buildings were burned. Only after a dozen years following the war did the village start to rebuild. Some people left Plonna on 29 April 1947 (Operation Vistula) and moved to the Silesia area of Poland. Some people went to the Ukrainian SSR in 1946.
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