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Gmina Izbica is a rural
gmina
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(administrative district) in
Krasnystaw County
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Krasnystaw 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. It ...
,
Lublin Voivodeship
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The region is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lu ...
, in eastern
Poland
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. Its seat is the village of
Izbica, which lies approximately south of
Krasnystaw
Krasnystaw is a town in southeastern Poland with 18,630 inhabitants (31 December 2019). It is the capital of Krasnystaw County in the Lublin Voivodeship.
The town is famous for its beer festival called ''Chmielaki'' ( means hops, hop), and for i ...
and south-east of the regional capital
Lublin
Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 8,942.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
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called
Skierbieszów Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Izbica contains the villages and settlements of
Bobliwo,
Dworzyska,
Izbica,
Kryniczki,
Majdan Krynicki,
Mchy,
Orłów Drewniany,
Orłów Drewniany-Kolonia,
Orłów Murowany,
Orłów Murowany-Kolonia,
Ostrówek,
Ostrzyca,
Romanów,
Stryjów,
Tarnogóra,
Tarnogóra-Kolonia,
Tarzymiechy Drugie,
Tarzymiechy Pierwsze,
Tarzymiechy Trzecie,
Topola,
Wał,
Wirkowice Drugie,
Wirkowice Pierwsze,
Wólka Orłowska and
Zalesie.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Izbica is bordered by the gminas of
Gorzków,
Kraśniczyn,
Krasnystaw
Krasnystaw is a town in southeastern Poland with 18,630 inhabitants (31 December 2019). It is the capital of Krasnystaw County in the Lublin Voivodeship.
The town is famous for its beer festival called ''Chmielaki'' ( means hops, hop), and for i ...
,
Nielisz,
Rudnik,
Skierbieszów and
Stary Zamość.
Stolpersteine, Winterlingen
* Dr. Emil Burkart (1884–1957), degree in Human Medicin,
entomologist
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about 9.000 Specimens in the
State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
* Selma Burkart (1885–1942),
Holocaust
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victim investigate more detail created the Sister City Izbica/Winterlingen
Partner
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References
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