Biskupice, Lublin Voivodeship

Biskupice [biskuˈpit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trawniki, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Trawniki, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Świdnik, and 30 km (19 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

Biskupice
Village
Biskupice
Coordinates: 51°8′N 22°57′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyŚwidnik
GminaTrawniki
Population
890

In 1921, there was a Jewish population of 129 people[2]. During the Holocaust, the town's Jewish population suffered tremendously. A group of 120 to 200 Jews from Kraków, Poland were sent to Biskupice, Lublin district. In February 1942 a transport of 600 Jews was directed to the Bełżec extermination camp. Other Jews in the ghetto apparently were sent to Majdanek. The Jewish community ceased to exist after March 1942[3].

The village has a current population of 890.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Przesmycka, E (2001). Przeobrażenia zabudowy i krajobrazu miasteczek Lubelszczyzny (in Polish). Poland.
  3. "Virtual Sztetl". Virtual Sztetl. Virtual Sztetl. Retrieved July 21, 2018.


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