Lipa (Bircza)
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Lipa ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Bircza
, within Przemyśl County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Bircza
, 29 km (18 mi) west of Przemyśl
, and 45 km (28 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów
.
In Lipa were born Podgórski sisters
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Bircza
Gmina Bircza
Gmina Bircza is a rural gmina in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bircza, which lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów....
, within Przemyśl County
Przemysl County
Przemyśl County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Bircza
Bircza
Bircza is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów...
, 29 km (18 mi) west of Przemyśl
Przemysl
Przemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
, and 45 km (28 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
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In Lipa were born Podgórski sisters
Podgórski sisters
The Podgórski sisters, Stefania Podgórska and Helena Podgórska , were born to a Catholic farming family near Przemyśl, in south-eastern Poland where they lived. During the Holocaust, sixteen-year-old Stefania and her six-year-old sister harboured thirteen Jewish men, women and children in the...
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