Markowa

Markowa is a village in Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Markowa.

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Settlement.name: Markowa
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.total_type:  
Settlement.image_skyline: Markowa-kosciol2.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saint Dorothy in Markowa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Subcarpathian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Łańcut
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Markowa

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Markowa is a village in Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Markowa.

==History== The village was founded in the 14th century by the Polish noble family of Pilecki, and was settled by the descendants of German colonists, who called it Markhof. The Pileckis also founded a Catholic parish in the village.