Radzyn Podlaski
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Radzyń Podlaski ' is a town in eastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, about 60 km north of Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

, with 16,140 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....

 (since 1999), previously in Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Radzyń Podlaski County
Radzyn Podlaski County
Radzyń Podlaski County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Radzyń Podlaski, which lies...

.

The town was founded in 1468. The most important landmark is the Potocki Palace. On 8 September 1939 the Nazi Luftwaffe bombed Radzyń causing many victims among the civilian population.

Notable People from Radzyń Podlaski

  • Gershon Henoch Leiner
    Gershon Henoch Leiner
    Grand Rabbi Gershon Chanoch Henech Leiner of Radzin, son of Beis Yaakov, author of Orchos Chayim, Sod Y'sharim, Tiferes Hachanochi, and Dalsos Shaar Ha'ir, among many other seforim....

    , rabbi
  • Shmuel Shlomo Leiner
    Shmuel Shlomo Leiner
    Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shlomo Leiner of Radzin, son of Tiferes Yosef. Established the Radziner Yeshiva Sod Y'sharim in Radzin, Poland, which was led by and under the auspices of his brother-in-law Grand Rabbi Avraham Yissachor Englard of Radzin, who later established a network of 7 yeshivos Sod...

    , rabbi

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