Księżomierz

Księżomierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościeradów, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

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Settlement.name: Księżomierz
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lublin
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kraśnik
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gościeradów
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Księżomierz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gościeradów, within Kraśnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

==History== Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Germany until 1944. On 15 March 1942 the Germans pacified the village. They killed a dozen or so persons and burnt buildings.