Tomaszów Lubelski

Infobox Settlement
name = Tomaszów Lubelski
image_shield = POL Tomaszów Lubelski COA 1.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Tomaszów Lubelski County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Tomaszów Lubelski (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Ryszard Sobczuk
elevation_m = 280
area_total_km2 = 13.29
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 20118
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50
latm = 27
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 23
longm = 25
longs =
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 22-600
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = LTM
website = http://www.tomaszow-lubelski.pl

Tomaszów Lubelski [IPA-pl|t|o|'|m|a|sz|u|f|-|l|u|'|b|e|l|s|k|i] is a town in south-eastern Poland with 20,261 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Zamość Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Tomaszów Lubelski County.

History

The town was founded at the beginning of the 17th century by Jan Zamoyski, and is known by its current name since 1613. It obtained its city charter in 1621. The area around the city saw serious fighting in 1914 during World War I. Throughout its history the town had a significant Jewish community, which numbered over 5,000 in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II, making up half its population. The town found itself under the German occupation following the invasion of Poland in 1939. In the course of the Holocaust, the Nazi Germans first placed the Jews in a ghetto established in the town, then exterminated them in 1942 at Belzec death camp located a few kilometers south of the town.

Famous people from Tomaszów Lubelski

* Joanna Pacula
* Leon Pinsker