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11-539: Urzędów lies on the Urzędówka river, among the hills of the Lublin Upland . In the past, it used to be one of major urban centers of Eastern Lesser Poland , placed on a merchant road from Kraków to Lublin, and further on to Lithuania . The town was granted Magdeburg rights in 1405 by King Władysław Jagiełło , replacing two villages – Zaborzyce and Skorczyce, which had existed in the location of Urzędów. In 1474 it became

22-596: A matzevot-shaped plaque in memory of Urzędów Jews murdered by the Nazis from 1939-1944. In August 2012, it was discovered that the plaque was full of graffiti and the area is contaminated with broken bottles of alcohol and rubbish. Urzędów is twinned with: Lublin Upland Lublin Upland ( Polish : Wyżyna Lubelska ) is a geographical region in southeastern Poland, located in Lublin Voivodeship , between

33-677: Is 1240km , which makes it the second largest forest of Poland (the Lower Silesian Forest ranks first). Until the late Middle Ages , the Solska Forest was connected with another huge complex, the Sandomierz Forest , but deforestation separated these two complexes from each other. Solska Forest is rich in landscape parks (such as the Puszcza Solska Landscape Park ), nature reserves and peat bogs. Main rivers that cross

44-604: Is one of the best developed agricultural regions of the nation, with wheat, tobacco and hops fields. Most important local plant, however, is the sugar beet , which resulted in the presence of several sugar refineries. Forested areas are few, with most of them located in the south (see Solska Forest ). There are three landscape parks located in Lublin Upland: Kazimierz Dolny Landscape Park, Wieprz River Landscape Park, and Krzczonow Landscape Park. Most important tourist centers are Lublin, Zamość, Kazimierz,

55-602: The Jews had to wear a band with the Star of David on their left arms. In October 1942 Jews from Urzędów were transported to the Kraśnik ghetto and Budzyń forced labor camp, which were just stopovers on their trip to Bełżec gas chambers. During the Nazi occupation, 300 Jews from Urzędów were killed. The Jewish cemetery was plundered during World War II and afterwards. In 1993, local inhabitants arranged

66-515: The Jews. In 1791 they demanded that starost Kazimierz Rzewuski should expel the remaining Jews from the town. In 1781 there were as few as 11 Jews in Urzędów (0.5% of the entire population). It was not until after 1862 that Urzędów started to receive a steady influx of Jews. At the end of the 19th century the Urzędów kehilla was formed. Though small, the Jewish community was active in social and economic life of

77-517: The rivers Vistula and Bug , around the city of Lublin . Its area is about 7,200 km and its highest elevation 314 m above sea level. It is located in Lublin Voivodeship . In its southern portion it becomes the Roztocze range, and in the north, it turns into Lublin Polesie (Polesie Lubelskie). Biggest cities of the region are Lublin, Chełm , Zamość , Puławy , and Kraśnik . In some geography works,

88-610: The seat of a county in Lublin Voivodeship, which in the same year was carved out of Sandomierz Voivodeship . Urzędów remained an important urban center of the area until the mid-17th century, when, after long-lasting conflicts with the Cossacks and the Swedes (see Deluge , Khmelnytsky Uprising ) it was burned. During the reign of King Augustus III (1733–1763) people living in Urzędów repeatedly complained to him about being oppressed by

99-521: The spa of Nałęczów , Puławy and Józefów . Solska Forest Solska Forest ( Polish : Puszcza Solska ) is a large forest complex in southern part of the Lublin Voivodeship , about 100km south of Lublin , Poland . It occupies an area north of the San and south of the Roztocze Upland. The forest is mostly made of coniferous trees, part of them having been artificially planted. Its total area

110-580: The term Lublin Upland (or (Eastern Lesser Poland Upland, Wyzyna Wschodniomalopolska) is used to describe all Polish uplands located east of the Vistula river. In this case, Roztocze, with its highest point (Wielki Dzial, 390 meters above sea level) also makes part of Lublin Upland. The upland is famous for its loess valleys, which are numerous in the area of Kazimierz Dolny , Bochotnica and Kraśnik. Furthermore, due to its rich and fertile black soil , Lublin Upland

121-416: The town. In 1889 there were 3.017 residents in Urzędów, out of whom 242 (8%) were Jewish. In 1900 it was inhabited by 3,620 people, including 303 Jews (8.37%). Before the outbreak of World War II about 40 Jewish families lived in Urzędów (i.e., about 300 people). During the war, on September 23, 1939, German occupation authorities ordered that Jewish children be banned from state schools. Since January 5, 1940

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