Żebrak

Żebrak [ˈʐɛbrak] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórzec, within Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Siedlce and 76 km (47 mi) east of Warsaw.

Żebrak
Village
Żebrak is located in Poland
Żebrak
Żebrak
Coordinates: 52°4′N 22°5′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountySiedlce
GminaSkórzec

The name of the village means "beggar" in Polish.

Polish general Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki was born in Żebrak in 1787.[2]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Skrzynecki, Jan Zygmunt" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). p. 195.


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