Muczne ' is a village in southeastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 in Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, Bieszczady County

Bieszczady County

Bieszczady County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in the extreme south-east of Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It takes its name from the Bieszczady mountain range. The county was created on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish...

, Gmina Lutowiska

Gmina Lutowiska

Gmina Lutowiska is a rural gmina in Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine...

, near the border with the Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, in the valley of the Muczny stream. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of Lutowiska

Lutowiska

Lutowiska is a village in Bieszczady County, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lutowiska...

, 36 km (22 mi) south of Ustrzyki Dolne

Ustrzyki Dolne

Ustrzyki Dolne is a town in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 9,383 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , it is the capital of Bieszczady County....

, and 114 km (71 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

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In the former administrative division of Poland (1975-1998) Muczne was situated in Krosno Voivodeship

Krosno Voivodeship

Krosno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship . Its capital city was Krosno....

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Mucze was on the trail of forest railway lines that led to Wołosate and Trebowiec valleys and it ended with Sokoliki Górskie railway station. Before the World War II

World War II

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 Muczne was part of Dźwiniacz Górny village. In 1944 toops of Ukrainian Insurgent Army raided the village and murdered 70 people of Polish nationality in the Muczne massacre

Muczne massacre

The Muczne massacre of 16 August 1944 was the massacre of Polish civilians committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in village Muczne located in Bieszczady County in Poland....

. Eventually after the war the village was deserted with all houses burnt-out.

In the 1970s there was a small dwelling for forest workers and in 1975 the area was taken over by the Council of Ministers. Later Muczne was turned into a farming estate and hunting ground owned by the state.

In the 1970s Muczne was a secluded place were Polish Communist leader could come to relax and often spend time and host their international VIPs. The former PM of Poland Piotr Jaroszewicz is said to hunt a bear that is displayed in the Bieszczady National Park Museum.
Among important guests in Muczne were: Edward Gierek

Edward Gierek

Edward Gierek was a Polish communist politician.He was born in Porąbka, outside of Sosnowiec. He lost his father to a mining accident in a pit at the age of four. His mother married again and emigrated to northern France, where he was raised. He joined the French Communist Party in 1931 and was...

, Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...

 and Abdoreza Pahlavi. For several years Muczne was called Kazimierzowo to honor colonel Kazimierz Doskoczyński who was the head of another state estate in Arłamów.