Kock

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Kock is a town in eastern Poland known for being the site of the final major battle of the September 1939 campaign during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Kock canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
battleBelligerent German Wehrmacht ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

Polish Independent Operational Group Polesie ⓘ
battleCommandedBy Franciszek Kleeberg ⓘ
coordinates approximately 51.63°N 22.44°E ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
distanceFrom about 45 km north of Lublin ⓘ
grantedTownRights 15th century ⓘ
hasGminaStatus seat of Gmina Kock ⓘ
hasJewishHeritage former shtetl with significant pre‑war Jewish community ⓘ
hasLandmark palace complex of the Firlej family (remnants) ⓘ
parish church of St. Anne in Kock ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 3,000–4,000 inhabitants ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Kock (2–5 October 1939) ⓘ
historicalRegion Lesser Poland ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Kock (1939) ⓘ
final major battle of the September 1939 campaign in World War II ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Poland ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Poland
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Lubartów County ⓘ
Lublin Voivodeship ⓘ
locatedInContinent Europe ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Tyśmienica River ⓘ
linked to: Wieprz River
namedAfter possibly derived from Old Polish personal name or topographic term ⓘ
partOf Second Polish Republic (interwar period) ⓘ
postalCode 21‑150 ⓘ
religiousSignificance center of Kock Hasidic dynasty ⓘ
resultOfBattle Polish tactical success but strategic German victory ⓘ
roleInWWII site of last major organized Polish resistance in 1939 campaign ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode LLU ⓘ

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