Village in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
Adamow
[a?damuf]
is a
village
in
Łukow County
,
Lublin Voivodeship
, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
(administrative district) called
Gmina Adamow
. It lies in northeastern corner of historic
Lesser Poland
, approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of
Łukow
and 60 km (37 mi) north of the regional capital
Lublin
.
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In 2005, the village had a population of 2,100. It is divided into two
sołectwos
: Adamow I and Adamow II.
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Formerly, between 1539 and 1870, Adamow had the status of a town. Next to the village flows the Motwica river. Adamow is the seat of a Roman Catholic parish of Holy Cross.
History
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The history of Adamow dates back to the year 1539, when King
Sigismund I the Old
issued a charter to a town called Jadaromin, whose name was later changed to Adamow. At that time, it belonged to the brothers Adam and Hieronim Rusiecki, who in 1545 founded here a parish church. In 1569, during the
Polish Golden Age
, Adamow had the population of 415, and by 1576, the population grew to app. 700. Until the
Partitions of Poland
, Adamow was part of the Land of
Stezyca
,
Sandomierz Voivodeship
. In 1795?1807 it was part of the
Habsburg Empire
, and in 1815?1915, it belonged to the Russian-controlled
Congress Poland
.
Following the
January Uprising
, Adamow was stripped of town charter (1869). At that time, its population was app. 1,000, with 90 houses. The village remained in private hands, and in 1869, its
gmina
was moved to nearby Gulow, to return to Adamow in 1880.
In early October 1939, during the German
Invasion of Poland
, the area of Adamow saw fighting between the
Polish Army
and the
Wehrmacht
, in the
Battle of Kock
. In 1943, most of the village burned in a fire.
Jewish history
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Jews
lived in Adamow since the 19th century. In the turn of the 20th century, they consisted about 30% of the total population and maintained their own synagogue, cemetery, school and branches of different Jewish-political movements. During the
holocaust
a ghetto was formed, inhabiting the town Jews, with other Jews from nearby villages, along one street in the town. The first execution was held by the Nazi's in November 1940, outside the local cemetery. By 1943, around 1700 Jews lived in the ghetto. They were deported to
Treblinka extermination camp
in October 1942. The local synagogue was burnt and it is not evident ever since. The Jewish cemetery, though, was renovated in 2001 and can still be visited.
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