Albigowa
village in Subcarpathian, Poland
Albigowa [albiˈɡɔva] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łańcut, within Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.
In 2004 the village had a population of 2,900.
Jewish history
Between 1942 and 1943, German troops murdered 62 people of Jewish origin in at least nine executions. In one of them, which happened in autumn 1943, 25 Jews were shot to death. In summer 1942, 10 local Jews were killed by the village of Kraczkowa.
Arabian stud farm
After the World War II, a stud farm for Arabian horses was set up in Albigowa. It was the birthplace of Bask.
The public source identifies “Albigowa” as village in Subcarpathian, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Albigowa, village and Subcarpathian.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4712370. VIAF identifies the subject as 126770609. The Library of Congress control number is n88054856. Authority coordinates are 50.017, 22.233. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004, 1942 and 1943.
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This entry incorporates text from “Albigowa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.