Olchowiec
Village
Greek Catholic church
Greek Catholic church
Olchowiec is located in Poland
Olchowiec
Olchowiec
Coordinates: 49°28′21″N 21°36′12″E / 49.47250°N 21.60333°E / 49.47250; 21.60333
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountyKrosno
GminaDukla
Population
60

Olchowiec [ɔlˈxɔvʲɛt͡s] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dukla, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Dukla, 26 km (16 mi) south-west of Krosno, and 69 km (43 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1]

Prior to World War II, this village was populated primarily, if not entirely, by Lemkos. During the Battle of the Dukla Pass in September–October, 1944, the village was destroyed by military operations.[2] In the ethnic cleansing of the Lemkos by the Communist government of Poland in Operation Vistula in 1947, Olchowiec was one of a very small number of Lemko villages - perhaps only two, the other being Komańcza - from which the Lemko population was not deported to northern or western Poland.[3]

The Kermesz Łemkowski, an annual festival of Lemko culture is held in the village.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ "R. Vladimir Baumgarten "The Carpatho-Dukla Operation" The Friends of Dukla Pass".
  3. ↑ Rieger, Janusz A. "The Lemkos (Rusyns) in Poland." In Sven Gustavsson and Harald Runblom, eds. Language, Minority, Migration. Uppsala: Uppsala University Centre for Multiethnic Research, 1995, pp. 134-140.


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