Gołąb, Puławy County

Gołąb
Village
Gołąb
Coordinates: 51°29′13″N 21°52′31″E / 51.48694°N 21.87528°E / 51.48694; 21.87528
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Puławy
Gmina Gmina Puławy
Elevation 115 m (377 ft)
Population (approx.) 2,000
chapel and church

Gołąb [ˈɡɔwɔmp] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puławy, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Puławy and 56 km (35 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin.[1]

The village has an approximate population of 2,000.

Gołąb means "Pigeon" in Polish.

Monuments

  • Church dedicated to Saint Catherine and Saint Florian
  • Loretan House
  • A Figure of Jan of Nepomuk
  • Museum of Unusual Museum of Bicycles.

History

The first historical mention of the town was in the XII Century. The parish church was constructed between 1628-1636, And the Loreta Chapel was constructed between 1634 and 1642.

An invading Swedish army routed a polish army in the Battle of Gołąb 1656.

The Gołąbska Confederation was found on the 16 October, 1672.

In 1939, Germans bombed the airport and a nearby lake. A dozen or so women who were washing clothes and bedding by the lake, were mistakenly recognised by paratroopers and died.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 51°29′13″N 21°52′31″E / 51.48694°N 21.87528°E / 51.48694; 21.87528


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