Burzec

Burzec
Village
Burzec is located in Poland
Burzec
Burzec
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 51°47′N 22°16′E / 51.783°N 22.267°E / 51.783; 22.267
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyŁuków
GminaWojcieszków
Population
850

Burzec [ˈbuʐɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojcieszków, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship.

In Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel The Deluge, the village is mentioned in the eleventh chapter as belonging to Jan Skrzetuski.

In the interwar period, Sienkiewicz's cousin Stefan Dmochowski lived in the local manor, as well as his brother Roman, the owner of the village Sarnów.

References

  1. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ↑ Henryk Sienkiewicz, Potop, Tom I, str. 230, wydanie z 1888 roku.
  3. ↑ Emilia Stobińska-Józefacka: Palce lizać!, Lublin 1994, ISBN 83-03-03435-9, p. 39.