Adamów (Adamów)
Adamów is a village in Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Adamów. It lies in northeastern corner of historic Lesser Poland, approximately 21 km south-west of Łuków and 60 km north of the regional capital Lublin.
In 2005 the village had a population of 2,100. It is divided into two sołectwos: Adamów I and Adamów II. Formerly, between 1539 and 1870, Adamów had the status of a town. Next to the village flows the Motwica river. Adamów is the seat of a Roman Catholic parish of Holy Cross.
The history of Adamów dates back to the year 1539, when King Sigismund I the Old issued a charter to a town called Jadaromin, whose name was later changed to Adamów. At that time, it belonged to the brothers Adam and Hieronim Rusiecki, who in 1545 founded here a parish church. In 1569, during the Polish Golden Age, Adamów had the population of 415, and by 1576, the population grew to app. 700. Until the Partitions of Poland, Adamów was part of the Land of Stezyca, Sandomierz Voivodeship. In 1795–1807 it was part of the Habsburg Empire, and in 1815–1915, it belonged to the Russian-controlled Congress Poland.
Following the January Uprising, Adamów was stripped of town charter (1869). At that time, its population was app. 1,000, with 90 houses. The village remained in private hands, and in 1869, its gmina was moved to nearby Gulow, to return to Adamów in 1880.
In early October 1939, during the German Invasion of Poland, the area of Adamow saw fighting between the Polish Army and the Wehrmacht, in the Battle of Kock. In 1943, most of the village burned in a fire.
In 2005 the village had a population of 2,100. It is divided into two sołectwos: Adamów I and Adamów II. Formerly, between 1539 and 1870, Adamów had the status of a town. Next to the village flows the Motwica river. Adamów is the seat of a Roman Catholic parish of Holy Cross.
The history of Adamów dates back to the year 1539, when King Sigismund I the Old issued a charter to a town called Jadaromin, whose name was later changed to Adamów. At that time, it belonged to the brothers Adam and Hieronim Rusiecki, who in 1545 founded here a parish church. In 1569, during the Polish Golden Age, Adamów had the population of 415, and by 1576, the population grew to app. 700. Until the Partitions of Poland, Adamów was part of the Land of Stezyca, Sandomierz Voivodeship. In 1795–1807 it was part of the Habsburg Empire, and in 1815–1915, it belonged to the Russian-controlled Congress Poland.
Following the January Uprising, Adamów was stripped of town charter (1869). At that time, its population was app. 1,000, with 90 houses. The village remained in private hands, and in 1869, its gmina was moved to nearby Gulow, to return to Adamów in 1880.
In early October 1939, during the German Invasion of Poland, the area of Adamow saw fighting between the Polish Army and the Wehrmacht, in the Battle of Kock. In 1943, most of the village burned in a fire.
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Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden.
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| PLN | Polish złoty | zÅ‚ | 2 |
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