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Biłgoraj (, ''Bilgoray'', ) is a town in south-eastern
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
with 25,838 inhabitants as of December 2021. Since 1999 it has been situated in
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; it was previously located in
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(1975–1998). It is located south of
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and it is also the capital of
Biłgoraj County Biłgoraj County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its adminis ...
. Historically, the town belongs to
Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name ''Małopolska'' (; ), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a separate cult ...
, and is located in southeastern corner of the province, near the border with another historic land,
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. Biłgoraj is surrounded by
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, with three rivers flowing through it.


Etymology

The name of the town probably comes from a hill called Biely Goraj, on which Biłgoraj was founded in the 16th century.


Geography

Biłgoraj lies in northern part of
Sandomierz Basin Sandomierz Basin () is a lowland, located in southeastern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Upland, Lublin Upland and the Western Carpathians. Its name comes from the historical city of Sandomierz, and the basin has a triangular shape with the s ...
, near
Roztocze Roztocze () is a range of hills in east-central Poland and western Ukraine which rises from the Lublin Upland and extends southeastward through Solska Forest and across the border into Ukrainian Podolia. Low and rolling, the range is approximat ...
. The town is surrounded by Solska Forest, from
Roztocze National Park __NOTOC__ Roztocze National Park () is a national park in Lublin Voivodeship of southeastern Poland. It protects the most valuable natural areas of the middle part of the Roztocze range. Its current size is , of which forests occupy 81.02 km ...
. An average July temperature in Biłgoraj is , an average January temperature . The town is crossed by four small rivers: Biała Łada, Czarna Łada, Osa and Próchnica. Biłgoraj lies on the elevations ranging from 184 to 212 meters
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. The area of the town is , of which forests covers 9%. Built-up area stretches along eastern bank of the Biała Łada, for (north–south) and (west–east).


History


From the 16th century until 1918

The area of current Biłgoraj was covered by dense forests and swamps, where establishment of human settlements was difficult. In the first half of the 16th century, local noble family of Gorajski built first settlements in this sparsely populated corner of Lesser Poland. At that time, the villages of Gromada, Dąbrowica and Olendrów were founded. The town of Biłgoraj was officially established in 1570 by Adam Gorajski, and incorporated by King Stefan Batory at
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on 10 September 1578. Its main market square was placed on the hill called Bialy Goraj. The town, surrounded by rivers, held a strategic position and was easy to defend. Biłgoraj quickly grew, due to a busy merchant road from
Jarosław Jarosław (; , ; ; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, situated on the San (river), San River. The town had 35,475 inhabitants in 2023. It is the capital of Jarosław County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. History Jarosław is located in the ...
to Lublin. Biłgoraj town was surrounded by a
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with watchtowers, although the town's further growth extended into suburbs. A bridge was built over the Biala Lada. Until 1693 Biłgoraj remained in the hands of the Gorajski family. Throughout the 18th century, it belonged either to the Szczuka family or the
Potocki family The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent szlachta, Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Po ...
. Most houses in Biłgoraj were made of wood, which resulted in several fires. Furthermore, the wars of the mid-17th century destroyed the town twice; first in 1648, when the town was burned by the
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of
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...
; then in 1655, by the Swedes during the
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. Biłgoraj was an important center of the
Bar Confederation The Bar Confederation (; 1768–1772) was an association of Polish nobles (''szlachta'') formed at the fortress of Bar, Ukraine, Bar in Podolia (now Ukraine), in 1768 to defend the internal and external independence of the Polish–Lithuanian C ...
, and in the area of the town several skirmishes took place between the Poles and the Russians. After the
Partition of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place between 1772 and 1795, toward the end of the 18th century. They ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign ...
, Biłgoraj was annexed by the
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, and in 1809 it became part of
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(since 1815, Russian-controlled
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). In the late 18th century its population was 3,000; and grew to 6,000 by 1865. At that time, it was the third biggest town of
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, after Lublin and
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. In 1806 following the Partitions, Biłgoraj – which was still privately owned and on the verge of bankruptcy – was purchased by the local entrepreneur named Stanisław Nowakowski, who built for himself a palace in Biłgoraj's district of Roznowka, modelled after Warsaw's famous Łazienki Palace. The town remained in the hands of the Nowakowski family until 1850, when it was sold to the Tsarist official Nikolay Platonov (Mikołaj Płatonow), and in 1864 appropriated by the government as the seat of a county. During the
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, several skirmishes took place Biłgoraj and its vicinity.


1918 to 1939

In 1918 Biłgoraj returned to newly created
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. Its population in 1921 reached 5,600. In 1928,
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reached the town, but Biłgoraj nevertheless remained poor and underdeveloped, where most houses were constructed of wood. Historically, the town was a center of a large Jewish community, whose population in 1931 reached 4,596.JewishGen.org
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WWII and The Holocaust

On 11 September 1939 a unit of German-minority
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agents set fire to the town, which destroyed most of it. A few days later Nazi German troops entered the town and immediately organized anti-Jewish pogroms. Furthermore, the
Luftwaffe The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
bombed Biłgoraj twice (8 and 14 September). On 15–16 September 1939, units of
Kraków Army Kraków Army () was one of the List of Polish armies, Polish armies which took part in the Invasion of Poland (1939), Polish Defensive War of 1939. It was officially created on March 23, 1939 as the main pivot of Polish defence. It was commanded by ...
and Lublin Army retreating towards Tomaszow Lubelski, fought the
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in the Battle of Biłgoraj. The Germans tried to capture the towns several times, but they did not manage to do so until 17 September, after yet another fire. On 28 September, units of the
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entered Biłgoraj, but they retreated after a few weeks, and the town became part of the Nazi-ruled
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. On 25 June 1940 a ghetto was established. During the German occupation, Biłgoraj was an important center of the resistance. Local units of the
Home Army The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...
and other clandestine organizations took part in the Zamość Uprising. Germans knew well that Solska Forest was filled with Polish fighters, and the Poles frequently attacked German units in Biłgoraj. The most famous incident of this kind took place on 24 September 1943, when a Home Army unit under Tadeusz Sztumberk-Rychter attacked Biłgoraj's prison, releasing 72 inmates, including Ludwik Ehrlich. There was also Jewish partisan resistance in the Bilgoraj area. On 17 and 26 August 1943, two other clashes are recorded: one in the village of Podgranicznik, northwest of Krasnystaw, in which two Jews were killed; and another in the village of Poreba, east of Bilgoraj, between a large partisan unit and the Nazi German Truppenzpolizei. Six transports to Belzec gas chambers took place from Bilgoraj: 500 Jews in April 1942; 1,000 Jews in May 1942; 1,200 Jews in August 1942; 5,000 Jews in September 1942; 500 Jews in October 1942; and 2,000 Jews in November 1942. On 15 January 1943 the last 27 survivors who had remained in hiding were shot. Very few of the Jewish partisans from Bilgoraj survived the war due to great efforts by the Nazi Germans to hunt them down in the woods. Most of Biłgoraj's Jews were murdered in
the Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...
. Only around 50 Jews survived the war. The Germans left Biłgoraj on 24 July 1944. During the war, 80% of the town was destroyed, and it lost 50% of its population.


Post-war

After 1945 Biłgoraj was rebuilt, becoming by 1975 a regional industrial center. The town was a part of the Lublin Voivodeship from 1945 to 1975, Zamość Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, and once again in Lublin Voivodeship since 1999.


Districts

Biłgoraj is divided into twelve districts: * I. Śródmieście ** 1. Dist. Przemysłowa * II. Nadstawna * III. Roztocze ** 2. Dist. Łąkowa I ** 3. Dist. Łąkowa II * IV. Bojary ** 4. Dist. Bojary * V. Rapy * VI. Sitarska - Kępy ** 5. Dist. Sitarska I ** 6. Dist. Sitarska II ** 7. Dist. Sportowa ** 8. Dist. Kępy * VII. Ogrody * VIII. Piaski ** 9. Dist. Prusa ** 10. Dist. Leśnik * IX. Puszcza Solska ** 11. Dist. Sienkiewicza ** 12. Dist. Krzeszowska ** 13. Dist. Południe * X. Rożnówka ** 14. Dist. Wioska Dziecięca * XI. Bagienna ** 15. Dist. Bagienna * XII. Batorego


Historic places and buildings

* Stanisław Nowakowski's Park – an old park in the town affectionately nicknamed ''Małpi Gaj'' (English: ''Monkey Marsh''). It is a last relic of a Nowakowski's palace. The park was designed as a garden in the 17th century. The original gate to the town still stands there. The old garden keeper's cottage also survives to this day. The same cannot be said about the small villa which stood deep in the park, but now has been completely vandalised. * Polish Baroque Church of the
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from the early 17th century. The building is located on Trzeciego Maja Street, next to Plac Wolności (Market Square). * Church of the St. George on Tadeusz Kościuszko Street, not very large building from the 19th century, former Eastern Orthodox church. * Mary Magdalene church in Puszcza Solska district. Built in the beginning of the 1920s, surrounded by monumental objects of franciscan monastery, small bell tower and Mary Magdalene Chapel (all from the 17th century). * ''Zagroda Sitarska'' museum – open-air museum on Nadstawna Street, built in the beginning of the 19th century. The main building is wooden home, with exhibition of traditional making sieves industry. All objects of museum are surrounded by neighbouring multi-family buildings.


Transport

Biłgoraj is located away from main Polish roads. It is a junction of two
voivodeship road According to classes and categories of public roads in Poland, a voivodeship A voivodeship ( ) or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed sinc ...
s - road nr. 835 (north–south, from
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to
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), and road nr. 858 (east–west, from
Zamość Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...
to
Nisko Nisko is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,048 inhabitants as of 31 December 2021. Together with neighbouring city of Stalowa Wola, Nisko creates a small urban agglomeration, aggl ...
). Nearest national road nr. 74 (Zamość -
Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola () is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 58,545 inhabitants, as at 31 December 2021. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The city lies in historic Lesser Poland ...
) goes north of the town. Biłgoraj has a rail station on a secondary-importance line from
Zamość Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...
to
Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola () is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 58,545 inhabitants, as at 31 December 2021. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. The city lies in historic Lesser Poland ...
, through the town also goes the
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. Nearest airport, Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, is located to the south.


Industry

In Biłgoraj are located a headquarter and main factories of Black Red White, leading furniture manufacturer in Poland. The town is also known as a center of wine industry (''Ambra'' company bottling plants are located in village Wola Duża, east of the city), knitting (mainly thanks to ''Mewa'' factory) and production of cardboard packaging, wooden doors and windows.


Local folklore

Biłgoraj is an important center of local folklore, with highly developed folk art, regional clothes and customs. This is due to the town's location, among forests, where communication with other communities was limited. There are several “Biłgoraj-style” houses, and in the area numerous
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s can be found. Biłgoraj's folklore was used by Grzegorz Ciechowski in his songs written as Grzegorz z Ciechowa. Until the 19th century, famous green Biłgoraj beer was produced in the town. Furthermore, for centuries Biłgoraj was a major national center of sieve makers. The town has a Regional Museum and an
Open-air museum An open-air museum is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts outdoors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum. Definition Open air is "the unconfined atmosphere ... outside buildings" ...
Zagroda Sitarska. Due to its proximity to Roztocze National Park, it is visited by a number of tourists. It also has a Baroque church of Holy Trinity (17th century) and 12 different monuments.


International relations


Twin towns - sister cities

Biłgoraj is twinned with: *
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in Germany *
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.


Notable residents

* Shmuel Atzmon-Wircer (born 1929), creator of Yiddishpiel Theatre in Israel * Konrad Bartoszewski (1914–1987), writer, commander of a partisan unit during
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*
Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (; 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Poland, Polish-born Jews, Jewish novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and publish ...
(1903–1991), Jewish-American novelist and
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winner who lived in Biłgoraj as a child. Biłgoraj and the surrounding villages are featured in many of his stories and novels * Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944), Polish-Jewish novelist and brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer * Justyna Bąk (born 1974), former 3000 meters steeplechase world record holder * Shmuel Ben-Artzi (1914–2011), Israeli writer, poet and educator, and the father in-law of the Israeli prime minister
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* Michał Chodara (born 1986), handball player * Edward Drescher (1912–1977), physician, surgeon * Joanna Kaczor (born 1984), volleyball player *
Marzena Karpińska Marzena Karpińska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 19 February 1988, in Biłgoraj) is a Polish weightlifter. She won a gold medal at the 2012 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey with a 187 kg total. She weighed in at 47.74 kg an ...
(born 1988), weightlifter * Harry Keitel, father of actor
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*Chaya Strygler (Annie Shapiro)(born 1892), grandmother of composer and conductor
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*
Stefan Knapp Stefan Knapp (11 July 1921 – 12 October 1996) was a Polish painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain. He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel, facilitating decorating public architectural struc ...
(1921–1996), painter *
Janusz Palikot Janusz Marian Palikot (; born 26 October 1964) is a Polish politician, activist and businessman. Palikot studied philosophy and became wealthy as a businessman who dealt with crates and distilled beverages. He was elected to Sejm on 25 Septembe ...
(born 1964), politician and businessman * Mordechai Rokeach (1902–1949), known as Mordechai of Bilgoray, Rav of Biłgoraj before World War II * Maria Śliwka (1935–1997), volleyball player * Roman Tokarczyk (born 1942), lawyer, philosopher *
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(born 1967), footballer


See also

* Biłgoraj pierogi - regional dish from Biłgoraj


References


External links


Official website

Jewish community of Biłgoraj
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