Czermin, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Czermin.
Czermin
Village
Czermin
Coordinates: 50°20′N 21°20′E / 50.333°N 21.333°E / 50.333; 21.333
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Mielec
Gmina Czermin
Population 1,557

Czermin (German: Hohenbach[1]) [ˈt͡ʂɛrmin] is a village in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czermin.[2] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Mielec and 59 km (37 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

The village has a population of 1,557.

The village was first mentioned in 1190. After the First Partition of Poland in a part of the village, in the course of Josephine colonization, ethnic Germans, dominationally mixed (Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Calvinist) settled here in 1783.[3]

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Coordinates: 50°20′N 21°20′E / 50.333°N 21.333°E / 50.333; 21.333


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