Góry Wysokie
Góry Wysokie [ˈɡurɨ vɨˈsɔkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dwikozy, within Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Dwikozy, 7 km (4 mi) north of Sandomierz, and 82 km (51 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.[1]
Góry Wysokie | |
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Village | |
 Our Lady of Sorrows church in Góry Wysokie | |
  Góry Wysokie  Góry Wysokie | |
| Coordinates: 50°44′40″N 21°45′34″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie |
| County | Sandomierz |
| Gmina | Dwikozy |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Góry Wysokie was a private village within the Polish Crown, owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in March 1940, Germans murdered 117 Poles from the region in the forest of Góry Wysokie.[3]
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1993, p. 3 (in Polish)
- Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 251-252 (in Polish)
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