Krępiec, Lublin Voivodeship

Krępiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mełgiew, within Świdnik County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

History

As of the 1880s, the village had a distillery, brewery and a watermill. According to the 1921 Polish census, the village had a population of 941, 99.9% Polish and 0.1% Ukrainian.

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1944. In 1942–1943, the German gendarmerie and Ukrainian auxiliaries murdered a number of Poles and Jews, brought from the Majdanek concentration camp.

Architecture and monuments

• Old chapel built in the 19th century.
• mill built in '20 age of XX century

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