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Zamosc

Zamosc is a town in southeastern Poland Poland

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 with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodship Lublin Voivodeship

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 , previously capital of Zamosc Voivodship Zamosc Voivodeship

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 . About 20 kilometres from the town is the Roztocze National Park Roztocze National Park

Roztoczaski National Park is a national park [i] located in eastern Poland [i], in the Lublin Voivodship [i] ... 

. The city is located on the broad gauge Broad gauge

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 railway line Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa

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 linking former Soviet Union Soviet Union

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 with Upper Silesia Upper Silesia

[i], a historical and geographical region of [[Poland]... 

n coal and sulphur mines as well as less than 60 kilometres from the border crossings to Ukraine Ukraine

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. On December 14, 1992, the historical city centre was inscribed onto UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Zamosc is a town in southeastern Poland Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country located in Central Europe [i]. ... 

 with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the Lublin Voivodship Lublin Voivodeship

Lublin Voivodeship is an administrative region, or voivodeship [i], of eastern Poland [i] ... 

 , previously capital of Zamosc Voivodship Zamosc Voivodeship

Zamosc Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland [i] in years 1975 [i] ... 

 . About 20 kilometres from the town is the Roztocze National Park Roztocze National Park

Roztoczaski National Park is a national park [i] located in eastern Poland [i], in the Lublin Voivodship [i] ... 

.

The city is located on the broad gauge Broad gauge

Broad gauge railway [i]s use a rail gauge [i] greater than the standard gauge [i] of 4'8". ... 

 railway line Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa

Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa is the longest broad gauge [i] railway line [i] in Poland [i]. ... 

 linking former Soviet Union Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ... 

 with Upper Silesia Upper Silesia

[i], a historical and geographical region of [[Poland]... 

n coal and sulphur mines as well as less than 60 kilometres from the border crossings to Ukraine Ukraine

Ukraine is a country [i] in Eastern Europe [i]. ... 

. On December 14, 1992, the historical city centre was inscribed onto UNESCO World Heritage List.

History


Zamosc was founded in the year 1580 by the Chancellor Kanclerz

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 and Hetman Hetman

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  Jan Zamoyski Jan Zamoyski

Jan Zamoyski 1542-1605, was a Polish [i] szlachcic [i], magnate [i], 1st Ordynat [i] of the Zamosc [i] ... 

 on the trade route linking western and northern Europe Europe

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 with the Black Sea Black Sea

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. Modelled on the Italian trading cities and built during the Baroque Baroque

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 period by the architect Bernardo Morando Bernardo Morando

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, a native of Padua Padua

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, Zamosc remains a perfect example of a Renaissance Renaissance

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 town of the late 16th century which retains its original layout and fortifications and a large number of buildings blending Italian and central European architectural traditions. The Old City quarter of Zamosc has been placed on the UNESCO UNESCO

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 list of World Heritage Sites World Heritage Site

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In 1942, Zamosc County, due to its fertile black soil, was chosen for further German colonisation in General Government General Government

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 as part of Generalplan Ost. German occupiers planned relocation of at least 60,000 ethnic Germans in the area before the end of 1943. Before that, a "test trial" expulsion was performed in November 1941, and the whole operation ended in pacification operation combined with expulsions in June/July 1943 which was code named Wehrwolf Action I and II. Around 110,000 people from 297 villages were expelled. Around 30,000 victims were children who if racially "clean" were planned for germanisation in German families in Deutsches Reich. Most of the people expelled were sent to slave labour in Germany or concentration camps.
Local people resisted the action with great determination; they escaped into forests, organised self-defence, helped people expelled, bribing kidnapped children out of German hands. Until the middle of 1943 Germans managed to settle 8,000 colonists, the number increased by a couple of thousands in 1944. This settlement was met with fierce armed resistance by Polish underground forces. The current President of Germany Horst Köhler Horst Köhler

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 was born in a family of German colonists in Skierbieszów.


After the World War II World War II

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 Zamosc started a period of development. In the 1970's and 1980's the population grew rapidly as the city started to gain significant profits from the old trade routes linking Germany with Ukraine and the ports on the Black Sea Black Sea

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.

Education


  • Wyzsza Szkola Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna im. Jana Zamoyskiego Jan Zamoyski

    Jan Zamoyski 1542-1605, was a Polish [i] szlachcic [i], magnate [i], 1st Ordynat [i] of the Zamosc [i] ... 

  • Wyzsza Szkola Zarzadzania i Administracji

Politics


Biala Podlaska/Chelm/Zamosc constituency


Members of Parliament elected from this constituency
Slawomir Zawislak - Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc

Famous people from Zamosc


  • Joseph Epstein
  • Marek Grechuta
  • Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg

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  • I. L. Peretz I.L. Peretz

    Isaac Leib Peretz, also known as Yitskhok Leybush Peretz and Izaak Lejb Perec, best known as... 

  • Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska

    Princess Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska was a Polish [i] szlachcianka [i] and mother of Ki ... 

  • Jan "Sobiepan" Zamoyski

See also

  • Akademia Zamojska

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