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Szczebrzeszyn

Eastern Europe

Szczebrzeszyn is a town in the Lublin Voivodeship of southeastern Poland, about 20 kilometers west of Zamosc, with 5,357 inhabitants at the 2004 census. Documented from 1352 under King Casimir III and a significant trading center by 1492, it is known as the Capital City of the Polish Language for a tongue-twisting local saying notoriously hard for non-native speakers to pronounce; during the Second World War, between 3,000 and 4,000 Jews lived there when Germany occupied the town in 1939, and more than 5,500 were transported to extermination camps between May and November 1942.

Facts
Population
5299 1
Area (sq km)
29.12 1
Founding Year
1352 2
Founding Year
1352 2
Population Estimate Year
2006 1
Elevation (m)
230 1
Latitude
50.7 degrees north 1
Longitude
22.966667 degrees east 1
FAQs

What is the tongue twister that made Szczebrzeszyn famous?

It is W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie: in Szczebrzeszyn a beetle sounds in the reed.

The saying is W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie, which roughly translates as In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle sounds in the reed. The poet Jan Brzechwa used the town's name in a poem that opens with this line, and the phrase has since become an everyday example of a Polish tongue twister, often given to foreign learners of the language.
Sources
1. Szczebrzeszyn - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, population_total
    5299
  • Infobox, population_as_of
    2006
  • Infobox, area_total_km2
    29.12
  • Infobox, elevation_m
    230
  • Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (latitude component)
    50.7,22.966666666666665
  • Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (longitude component)
    50.7,22.966666666666665
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Wikipedia (Polish): Szczebrzeszyn
Wikipedia (Polish)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1352
    Prywatne miasto szlacheckie lokowane w 1352 roku położone było w XVI wieku w województwie ruskim [ 5 ] .
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1352
    Prywatne miasto szlacheckie lokowane w 1352 roku położone było w XVI wieku w województwie ruskim [ 5 ] .
  • Source text, founding-year: 1352
    Prywatne miasto szlacheckie lokowane w 1352 roku położone było w XVI wieku w województwie ruskim [ 5 ] .
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Wikidata: Szczebrzeszyn
Wikidata Q436, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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