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Szczebrzeszyn [ʂt͡ʂɛˈbʐɛʂɨn] (Yiddish: שעברעשין Shebreshin) is a city in southeastern Poland in Lublin Voivodeship, in Zamość County, about 20 km west of Zamość. It has 5,283 inhabitants (2007).
Szczebrzeszyn is widely known for having a hard to pronounce name for any but possibly Slavic native speakers. The poet Jan Brzechwa wrote a tongue-twister poem "Chrząszcz", starting with "W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (In [the town of] Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed). Therefore, there is a statue of a beetle playing the violin in Szczebrzeszyn.
Szczebrzeszyn is widely known for having a hard to pronounce name for any but possibly Slavic native speakers. The poet Jan Brzechwa wrote a tongue-twister poem "Chrząszcz", starting with "W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (In [the town of] Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed). Therefore, there is a statue of a beetle playing the violin in Szczebrzeszyn.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szczebrzeszyn
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°42'7"N 22°57'2"E
- Khmelnytskyi 311 km
- Hrodna 344 km
- Minsk 472 km
- Kaunas 477 km
- Vilnius 481 km
- Kyiv 514 km
- Chernihiv 579 km
- Homieĺ 580 km
- Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) 614 km
- Smolensk 752 km
- Rzeżby 2.1 km
- School ground 2.5 km
- Electrical Sub-station 3.2 km
- Szczebrzeszyn Railway Station 4 km
- Roztocze National Park 13 km