Zamch

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Zamch

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Kościół - Zamch.jpg

| image_caption = Saints Josaphat and Praxedes church

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Lublin

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Biłgoraj

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Obsza

| coordinates = {{coord|50|18|44|N|23|1|20|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| elevation_m =

| population_total = 1500

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = LBL

}}

Zamch {{IPAc-pl|z|a|m|h}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obsza, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|4|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Obsza, {{convert|34|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of Biłgoraj, and {{convert|109|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital Lublin.

History

Zamch was a starostwo, administered by the Pilecki and Zamoyski noble families. In 1578, in Zamch, Jan Zamoyski received the Polish King Stephen Bathory, and leading Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski also visited the village.{{cite book|author=|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV|year=1895|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=366}}

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. On 16 August 1943, the German occupiers and Ukrainian auxiliaries committed a massacre of eight Poles.{{cite book|last=Jastrzębski|first=Stanisław|title=Ludobójstwo nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach na Lubelszczyźnie w latach 1939–1947|year=2007|location=Wrocław|publisher=Wydawnictwo Nortom|language=pl|page=70|isbn=978-83-89684-04-2}} On 2 March 1945, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army committed a massacre of 15 Poles.

Notable people

Rafał Hadziewicz (1803–1883), Polish painter

References

Category:Villages in Biłgoraj County

Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland

Category:Sites of World War II massacres of Poles