Majdan Stary, Biłgoraj County Explained

Majdan Stary
Settlement Type:	Village
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:	Lublin
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Biłgoraj
Subdivision Type3:	Gmina
Subdivision Name3:	Księżpol
Coordinates:	50.4719°N 22.6989°W
Pushpin Map:	Poland
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Population Total:	746
Website:	http://www.majdan.com.pl

Majdan Stary (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Księżpol, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) north-west of Księżpol, 90NaN0 south of Biłgoraj, and 870NaN0 south of the regional capital Lublin.

History

See main article: Majdan Stary massacre. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, on July 3, 1943, around 75 inhabitants of Majdan Stary, including women and children, were massacred by the German punitive expedition. The village was burned.^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
Book: Mikoda. Janina. Rejestr miejsc i faktów zbrodni popełnionych przez okupanta hitlerowskiego na ziemiach polskich w latach 1939–1945. Województwo zamojskie. Register of places and facts of crimes committed by the Nazi Occupier on Polish Lands in the years 1939–1945. Zamość Voivodeship. 1994. GKBZHwP-IPN. Warszawa. 135–136. 83-903356-0-3. pl.