Markowa
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Feast day | 6 February (Feast of Saint Dorothy) 7 July (Feast of Blesseds Ulma Family) |
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Markowa [marˈkɔva] is a village in Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Markowa. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 miles) south-east of Łańcut and 22 kilometres (14 miles) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]
History
The village was founded in the 14th century by the Polish noble family of Pilecki, and was settled by the descendants of Germans colonists, who called it Markhof. The Pileckis also founded a Catholic parish in the village.
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During World War II it was under German occupation.
On 24 March 1944 a patrol of German police came to the house of
The Markowa Ulma-Family Museum of Poles Who Saved Jews in World War II is located in the village.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Alfred Kyc. "67. rocznica zamordowania Ulmów i ukrywanych przez nich Żydów". Nauka w Polsce (in Polish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Riesenbach Survival Story - Joe Riesenbach". www.riesenbach.com.
- ^ "https://standard.sk/434995/po-prvy-raz-blahorecili-celu-rodinu-ulmovcov-z-polska-zavrazdenych-nacistami" [An entire family beatified for the first time - Ulmas from were killed by the Nazis]. www.standard.sk (in Slovak). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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- ^ "Markowa: Około 50 tys. turystów odwiedziło Muzeum Polaków Ratujących Żydów - Wydarzenia lokalne". www.portalsamorzadowy.pl.
External links
Media related to Markowa at Wikimedia Commons
- The Righteous and their world. Markowa through the lens of Józef Ulma, by Mateusz Szpytma, Institute of National Remembrance, Poland
- Franciszek Kotula, "Pochodzenie domów przysłupowych w Rzeszowskiem." Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej Jahr. V., Nr. 3/4, 1957, S. 557
- Story of the survival of the Riesenbach family
- Gisele Hildebrandt, Otto Adamski. Dorfimfersuchungen in dem alten deutsch-ukrainischen Grenzbereich von Landshuf. 1943. Kraków. Markowa