Tarnogród

Coordinates: 50°22′N 22°44′E / 50.367°N 22.733°E / 50.367; 22.733
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Tarnogród (Polish:

romanized: Tarnegrod; Ukrainian: Терногород, romanized: Ternohorod, or Тарногород, Tarnohorod) is a town in Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
. It has a population of 3,399 (2006).

Tarnogród is the southernmost town of the voivodeship; the distance to Lublin is 110 kilometres, while the distance to Rzeszów is only 70 kilometres (43 miles).

History

Baroque Church of the Transfiguration

The history of the town dates back to a medieval settlement, then known as Cierniogród. The town had city rights from the 16th to 19th century, and regained them in 1987. There are various tourist attractions in the town, including a synagogue built in 1686 and a late baroque church built between 1750 and 1771. Outside the church there is a belfry from 1777.

Tarnogród was founded in the mid-16th century in a location where a defensive

Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown
.

In 1588, Tarnogród became part of

the cossack riots, the Jewish community of Tarnogród almost perished. On 26 November 1715, the Tarnogród Confederation
was formed here.

Following the

Polish–Austrian War), and for the next 6 years, Tarnogród belonged to the Polish Duchy of Warsaw, in which it became the seat of a county (until 1842). In 1815, the Duchy was dissolved and the town passed to Russian-controlled Congress Poland, in which it initially was the 7th largest city (after Warsaw, Kalisz, Lublin, Płock, Zamość and Piotrków Trybunalski
), with a population of 3,391.

Many inhabitants joined the Polish January Uprising of 1863–1864. There is a memorial to the fallen Polish insurgents from Tarnogród in the Przedmieście Płuskie district in the northern part of the town. After the uprising, on 19 May 1870, Tarnogród lost its town charter, even though its population reached 5,000. On 17 June 1915, Tarnogród was captured by Austrian forces, which remained here until November 1918. In the Second Polish Republic, Tarnogrod belonged to Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship.

World War II memorial

During the joint German-Soviet

ghetto inside the village. Jews from the surrounding villages were also brought there by the Germans and were held in great density and harsh conditions. The Jewish community was liquidated on 2 November 1942, when 3,000 Jews from Tarnogród and its vicinity were deported to the Belzec extermination camp.[2]
Red Army re-entered Tarnogród in July 1944, which was afterwards restored to Poland.

With the liberation of the area, some of the few Jewish survivors returned to Tarnogród. After one of them was killed by locals, all survivors left and no Jews remained in the village. What remained is the area of the Jewish cemetery with few matzevahs left.

On 1 January 1987, Tarnogród regained its town status.

Sports

The local football team is Olimpiakos Tarnogród.[3] It competes in the lower leagues.

References

  1. ^ "Tarnogród pamięta o żołnierzach, którzy zginęli w Katyniu". Polskie Radio Lublin (in Polish). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ^ Jewish Virtual Library: Tarnogrod
  3. ^ "Olimpiakos Tarnogród - strona klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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