Hostynne
Hostynne | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 50°45′N 23°42′E / 50.750°N 23.700°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Lublin |
County | Hrubieszów |
Gmina | Werbkowice |
Hostynne [xɔsˈtɨnnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Werbkowice, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Werbkowice, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Hrubieszów, and 97 km (60 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
From 1920 to 1935, Hostynne was the locus for aid activities by Jane Pontefract Ada Jordan, Sydney and Joyce Loch, and other British Quakers.[2]
![Church of the Saint John the Baptist](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hostynne_-_ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_pw._%C5%9Awi%C4%99tego_Jana_Chrzciciela_%2803%29_-_DSC02135_v1.jpg/180px-Hostynne_-_ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_pw._%C5%9Awi%C4%99tego_Jana_Chrzciciela_%2803%29_-_DSC02135_v1.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Greenwood, Ormerod (1975). Friends and Relief: A Study of Two Centuries of Quaker Activity in the Relief of Suffering Caused by War Or Natural Calamity. William Sessions Limited. ISBN 978-0-900657-29-0.