Piotrków Pierwszy

Piotrków Pierwszy
Village
Piotrków Pierwszy
Coordinates: 51°2′32″N 22°38′41″E / 51.04222°N 22.64472°E / 51.04222; 22.64472
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyLublin
GminaJabłonna
Population
 • Total
790
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Piotrków Pierwszy [ˈpjɔtrkuf ˈpjɛrfʂɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonna, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1]

location

Piotrków lies on the Czerniejówka Lublin Upland. It is located in the central part of Lublin Voivodeship in the Lublin district in the municipality of Jabłonna, at Voivodeship road 835.

In the village there are:

  • Church;
  • Cultural Centre (GCK);
  • primary school;
  • Public high school;
  • public kindergarten;
  • Sports Club PLKS "Piotrcovia Piotrków";
  • volunteer fire brigade;
  • stadium "Orlik"

Close to the village is the hamlet Sacharin.

History

Piotrków existed in the early Middle Ages. The former royal property and manage its tenant. In 1388, King Władysław II Jagiełło village moved to Magdeburg rights.

During World War I was the front here, the whole village was burned. When the front of the local people had gone to clean up the field with the corpses of soldiers flooded the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian Army. Until today, there are remnants of trenches in the woods. In the village there are three war cemeteries from World War I.[2][3]

Six Polish citizens were murdered by Nazi Germany in the village during World War II.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (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. ^ "Piotrków w gminie Jabłonna - cmentarze wojenne | Złe miejsca dla ślimaków". trobal.pulawy.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26.
  3. ^ "Gmina Jabłonna".
  4. ^ Zestawienie Miejsc Zbrodni Popełnionych na Ludności Cywilnej przez Okupanta Hitlerowskiego na Ziemiach Polskich w latach 1939–1945 (in Polish). Warszawa. 2022. p. 52. ISBN 978-83-954388-3-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)