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4. Abramów (Abramow)
The Gmina of AbramowAbramow gmina is a typical agricultural gmina, with a population of 4750. It covers an area of 84.5 sq.km, with some 85% of its land being used for arable purposes, 76% being plough land and 21% meadows. About a 1/3 of the 1600 farms specialise in raising pigs. The southern edge of the gmina is defined by the headwaters of the Bialka river and is located on the Lubartow plain. The southern part of the gmina is part of the Kozi Bor Protected Landscape Area, and some of the most common crops here are the herbs Angelica, Lovage, Scabwort and Valerian. Originally, this gmina was part of the Wielkie estate, named after King Kazimierz Wielkie (Casimir the Great), who had an estate here with 18 settlements. Unfortunately, the Gmina office in Abramow village burnt down in 1922 and all records were lost. The Gmina lists in its investments offers, the chances for companies to build food processing plants and clothes factories as there are 'a considerable number of highly qualified women' (duzo wykwalifikowanych kobiet).
GMINA OFFICE: Urząd gminy (Urzad gminy), ul. 22 Lipca , 21-143 Abramow, pow. Lubartow, woj. Lublin. Tel: (+48 81) 852 50 01.
Abramów [Jabramów](Abramow/Jabramow)
Abramow was originally, in the local dialect 'Jabramow', and is derived from the villages original owners name. It first came to significance after the Wielkie estate was divided after the 1863 january Uprising. This village was almost completely burnt down in a battle between Russia and Austria in 1914. Afterwards, the inhabitants could not afford to rebuild their homes and lived in 'dug-outs' for several years. Abramow is a 3km ribbon development village along a straight northwest-southeast road, with some more development about a junction at the northwestern end. To the south of the village is a large area of meadows with the small river Syroczanka flowing through it. On the north side of the village, the area is mainly arable.
CHURCH 1: Parafia rzymskokatolicka Matki Bozej Szkaplerznej, 22 Lipca 4, Abramow, pow. Lubartow, woj. Lubelskie. This is the parish church of Abramow parafia, Michow dekanat
CHURCH 2: No data.
Ciotcza
2km north of Sosnowka, at a T junction is this village. There is a school here, and there are some outlying farmsteads to the north. A stream flows west to east through the village. The land is generally arable.
Dębiny (Debiny)
A row of houses on one side of a track beside a stream, plus a few outlying farmsteads. To the east is a small wood. To the northwest, about 1km away in Michow gmina, is a satellite hamlet of the same name.
CHURCH: Rzymskokatolicka. Part of Michow parafia, Michow dekanat.
Glinnik
A ribbon development village along an east west lane in an area of arable land. Surrounding the village to the north, east and south at a distance of 2 km is meadows and the river Syroczanka. One stream draining into this river passes through this village.
Izabelmont
A group of houses and farmsteads at the western end of a straight country road from Wielkie. There is a small bridge here where a track leads off to the southwest. The land is undulating and mainly arable. 2km to the south, under the eaves of a large wood, is another settlement of the same name, consisting of 5 farmsteads.
Marcinów (Marcinow)
A small hamlet, some 500m to the northwest of the end of Abramow, on the same road. The land is arable, but on the south side of the village is an area of wetland. There is a disused wooden windmill here.
Michałówka (Michalowka)
A ribbon development village on the country road east of Abramow. To the south of the village is an area of forests, coniferous and deciduous, that is mainly wetland. To the southwest and northwest a some groups of outlying farmsteads.
Sosnówka (Sosnowka)
A ribbon development village on a country road north from Abramow, with many farmsteads set back from the road. The village lies in undulating arable land, with the land rising to the north as the road rises out of the Syroczanka river valley.
Stanisławów Duży (Stanislawow Duzy)
A ribbon development village on a track at the far eastern end of the gmina, some 2km north, northeast of Michalowka. the land is undulating and arable.
Wielkie
A small group of houses beside a country road and some outlying farmsteads. Spread out along a track to the northwest for 2km is a scattering of farmsteads, also under the same name. The country is undulating arable land, but there is an area of wetlands about 1km to the north. Although it is of little importance now, it was once the centre of a large estate. The estate was divided after the 1863 January Uprising, which weakened its position, and it finally lost the gmina seat after it was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1922. The gmina seat then went to the newly rebuilt Michow.
Wielkolas
A ribbon development village with church at its centre. it is built on the same straight road as Abramow. parallel to the road on the south side is the small river Syroczanka, flowing to the southeast, with several streams emptying into it from the slopes to the southwest. To the north, east and south are several scattering of farmsteads. 1km to the southwest, just off off the road to Wolica, is one small satellite group of houses and farmsteads, whilst some 2km to the northwest is another group, both of these places under the same name as the main village.
CHURCH: Rzymskokatolicka. Part of Abramow parafia, Michow dekanat.
Wielkolas Kol.
A few houses and farmsteads on a lane in an area of slightly undulating open arable land, with a wood about 500m to the north, and a smaller one the same distance to the southeast.
Wolica
This is a largish village, which is formed, generally, on a ribbon development of an east-west country road. The countryside is undulating arable land with a medium sized wood 1km to the northwest. The village rises, at its western end, to the top of a hill, high for this part of the Lubartow powiat at 199.4m above sea level.
Wypnicha-Kol.
Wypnicha itself is to the north of this group of farmsteads, but it is in the gmina of Michow. The land is undulating and arable.
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