Krasienin

Krasienin
Village
Parish cemetery in Krasienin
Parish cemetery in Krasienin
Krasienin is located in Poland
Krasienin
Krasienin
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 51°21′37″N 22°27′23″E / 51.36028°N 22.45639°E / 51.36028; 22.45639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyLublin
GminaNiemce
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationLUB
Voivodeship roads

Krasienin [kraˈɕɛnin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Niemce, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

History

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1827434—    
1921332−23.5%
Source:

The first Catholic church and parish was founded by nobleman Jakub Koniński of Rawa coat of arms.

According to the 1921 Polish census, the population was 98.5% Polish and 1.2% Ukrainian.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. On 12 September 1942, the German occupiers and Ukrainian auxiliaries committed a massacre of five Poles.

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. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1883. p. 614.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. IV. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1924. p. 65.
  4. ↑ Jastrzębski, Stanisław (2007). Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947 (in Polish). Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Nortom. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-83-89684-04-2.