Stary Korczyn

Stary Korczyn
Village
Stary Korczyn
Coordinates: 50°18′N 20°45′E / 50.300°N 20.750°E / 50.300; 20.750
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
County	Busko
Gmina	Nowy Korczyn
Population	304

Stary Korczyn [ˈstarɨ ˈkɔrt͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Korczyn, within Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Nowy Korczyn, 19 km (12 mi) south of Busko-Zdrój, and 66 km (41 mi) south of the regional capital Kielce.^[1] The village has a population of 304.

Stary Korczyn was the subject of a well-known painting from World War I, Erstürmung des Dorfes Stary Korczyn durch das Landsturminfanterieregiment Nr. 1, 22. Dez. 1914 (Attack on the Village of Stary Korczyn by the Vienna First Infantry Regiment on December 22, 1914), by Alfred Basel, now hanging in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna.

References

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

Gmina Nowy Korczyn

Seat	Nowy Korczyn

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Coordinates: 50°18′N 20°45′E / 50.300°N 20.750°E / 50.300; 20.750

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