Góry Wysokie [ˈɡurɨ vɨˈsɔkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dwikozy, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Dwikozy, 7 km (4 mi) north of Sandomierz, and 82 km (51 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.[1]
Góry Wysokie | |
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Village | |
 Our Lady of Sorrows church in Góry Wysokie | |
  Góry Wysokie | |
| Coordinates: 50°44′40″N 21°45′34″E / 50.74444°N 21.75944°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie |
| County | Sandomierz |
| Gmina | Dwikozy |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | TSA |
History edit
Góry Wysokie was a private village within the Polish Crown, owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in March 1940, Germans murdered 117 Poles from the region in the forest of Góry Wysokie (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1993. p. 3.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 251–252.
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