Burzec

Burzec
Village
Burzec
Coordinates: 51°47′N 22°16′E / 51.783°N 22.267°E / 51.783; 22.267
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Łuków
Gmina Wojcieszków
Population 850

Burzec [ˈbuʐɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojcieszków, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wojcieszków, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Łuków, and 64 km (40 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin.[1]

In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship.

The village has a population of 850.

In Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel The Deluge, the village is mentioned in the eleventh chapter as belonging to Jan Skrzetuski.[2]

In the interwar period, Sienkiewicz's cousin Stefan Dmochowski lived in the local manor, as well as his brother Roman, the owner of the village Sarnów.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Henryk Sienkiewicz, Potop, Tom I, str. 230, wydanie z 1888 roku.
  3. ↑ Emilia Stobińska-Józefacka: Palce lizać!, Lublin 1994, ISBN 83-03-03435-9, s.39.


Coordinates: 51°47′N 22°16′E / 51.783°N 22.267°E / 51.783; 22.267


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