Zwierzyniec

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Zwierzyniec

The House of the Plenipotentiary (now the head office of the Roztocze National Park Management) in Zwierzyniec

Coat of arms

Zwierzyniec

Coordinates: 50°37′N 22°58′E / 50.617°N 22.967°E

Country

Poland

Voivodeship

Government

• Mayor

Jan Skiba

Area

• Total

4.82 km² (1.86 sq mi)

Elevation

215 m (705 ft)

Population (2006)

• Total

3,344

• Density

690/km² (1,800/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

22-470

Car plates

LZA

Website

http://www.zwierzyniec.info.pl

Zwierzyniec [zvjɛˈʐɨɲɛt͡s] is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004).

Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park. The park comprises some of the last remaining sections of the primordial forest of Central Europe, especially spectacular stand of ancient beech trees (Bukowa Gora). It also is a rail junction, located along the Rejowiec Fabryczny - Hrebenne - Munina connection, with a branch line going westwards, to Stalowa Wola, via Biłgoraj.

History

The Zwierzyniec settlement was established in the 16th century by the Zamoyski family. One of the features here is an artificial lake with a number of small islands - one of them contains monuments of the hounds belonging to the Polish Queen Marysieńka Sobieska (primo voto Zamoyska).

On another island the Zamoyskis built a baroque chapel, which became later the main church of the local Catholic parish. It is now known as the St John Nepomucene's parish church - renovated and expanded in early 1960s by father Dutkowski. The access to the chapel island is now via a bridge.

During the Second World War, Nazi Germans set up a transit camp in Zwierzyniec, with many victims sent to the death camps.

Gallery

The Zwierzyniec Brewery building in Zwierzyniec.
St.John's of Nepomuk Church on an island.
Echo lake

Zwierzyniec

History

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