Huwniki
Huwniki [xuvˈniki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fredropol, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Fredropol, 16 km (10 mi) south of Przemyśl, and 66 km (41 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]
Huwniki | |
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  Huwniki | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′N 22°42′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Przemyśl County |
| Gmina | Fredropol |
During the 1800s until World War II, its population predominantly attended Eastern Catholic Churches.[2] The town's population of 18 Jewish Poles was enslaved in the spring of 1942, and mass-murdered by Ukrainian police on 25 November 1942 at the Wiar creek near Przemyśl.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Dmytro Blazheyovskyi - "Istorycznyj szematyzm Peremyskoji Eparchiji of wkluczennjam Apostolśkoji Administratury Łemkiwszczyny (1828-1939)", Lviv 1995, ISBN 5-7745-0672-X
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