Skępe [Pol], Skempe [Rus, Ger], Schemmensee [Ger, 1942-45]
52°52' N 19°21' E, 81.3 miles WNW of Warszawa. This town in Lipno powait, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship had 3,475 inhabitants in 2004. Apart from the town of Skępe, Gmina Skępe contains the villages and settlements of Babie Ławy, Boguchwała, Bógzapłać, Chałacie, Czarny Las, Czermno, Franciszkowo, Gęstowarka, Głęboczek, Gorzeszyn, Grabówiec, Guzowatka, Huta, Jarczewo, Józefkowo, Kamienica, Kierz, Koziołek, Kujawy, Kukowo, Łąkie, Ławiczek, Likiec, Lubówiec, Moczadła, Modrzewie, Narutowo, Pokrzywnik, Radziochy, Rumunki, Sarnowo, Skępskie, Szczekarzewo, Wioska, Wólka, Żagno, Zajeziorze and Żuchowo. [July 2009]- Yizkor The town formerly was called Skompa.
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- KehilaLink
- Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), X, pp. 666-668: "Skępe".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 4 (1989), p. 334: "Skępe".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1192: "Skepe".
Jewish history. [February 2010]
CEMETERY:
- The 0.2 ha cemetery established in the first half of the 19th century was vandalized and destroyed during WWII. [July 2009]