Zwierzyniec
Encyclopedia
Zwierzyniec z is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County
, Lublin Voivodeship
, Poland
. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004).
Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park
. The park comprises some of the last remaining sections of the primordial forest of Central Europe
, especially spectacular stand of ancient beech trees (Bukowa Gora). It also is a rail junction, located along the Rejowiec Fabryczny
- Hrebenne
- Munina
connection, with a branch line going westwards, to Stalowa Wola
, via Biłgoraj.
family.
One of the features here is an artificial lake with a number of small islands - one of them contains monuments of the hounds belonging to the Polish Queen Marysieńka Sobieska
(primo voto Zamoyska).
On another island the Zamoyskis built a baroque chapel, which became later the main church of the local Catholic parish. It is now known as the St John Nepomucene
's parish church - renovated and expanded in early 1960s by father Dutkowski. The access to the chapel island is now via a bridge.
During the Second World War, Nazi Germans set up a transit camp in Zwierzyniec, with many victims sent to the death camps.
Zamosc County
Zamość County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Zamość, although the city is not part...
, Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004).
Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park
Roztocze National Park
Roztocze National Park is a National Park located in eastern Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship. It protects the most valuable natural areas of the middle part of the Roztocze range. The Park was created in 1974 and initially covered area of 48.01 km². Its current size is , of which forests occupy...
. The park comprises some of the last remaining sections of the primordial forest of Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
, especially spectacular stand of ancient beech trees (Bukowa Gora). It also is a rail junction, located along the Rejowiec Fabryczny
Rejowiec Fabryczny
Rejowiec Fabryczny is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodeship, in Chełm County. It has 4,600 inhabitants . Rejowiec Fabryczny is a rail junction, located on the main Warsaw - Lublin - Chełm connection. Also, in Rejowiec another line originates, which goes southwards to Zamość....
- Hrebenne
Hrebenne
Hrebenne is the name of two villages in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland:*Hrebenne, Hrubieszów County*Hrebenne, Tomaszów Lubelski County...
- Munina
Munina
Munina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarosław, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, east of Jarosław....
connection, with a branch line going westwards, to Stalowa Wola
Stalowa Wola
Stalowa Wola is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 64,353 inhabitants, as of June 2008. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship...
, via Biłgoraj.
History
The Zwierzyniec settlement was established in the 16th century by the ZamoyskiZamoyski
Zamojski, plural: Zamojscy is the surname of an important Polish nobility family of Jelita coat of arms. The name is sometimes spelled Zamoyski. It is the Polish for "de Zamość" - the name they originally wore as lords of the place...
family.
One of the features here is an artificial lake with a number of small islands - one of them contains monuments of the hounds belonging to the Polish Queen Marysieńka Sobieska
Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, in Polish: Maria Kazimiera, known also by the diminutive form "Marysieńka" was consort to King John III Sobieski, from 1674 to 1696.-Biography:...
(primo voto Zamoyska).
On another island the Zamoyskis built a baroque chapel, which became later the main church of the local Catholic parish. It is now known as the St John Nepomucene
John of Nepomuk
John of Nepomuk is a national saint of the Czech Republic, who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional...
's parish church - renovated and expanded in early 1960s by father Dutkowski. The access to the chapel island is now via a bridge.
During the Second World War, Nazi Germans set up a transit camp in Zwierzyniec, with many victims sent to the death camps.
See also
- Zwierzyniec Brewery
- RoztoczeRoztoczeRoztocze is a range of hills in east-central Poland and western Ukraine which rises from the Lublin Upland and extends southeastward through Solska Wilderness and across the border into Ukrainian Podolia. Low and rolling, the range is approximately 180 km long and 14 km wide...