Nowy Łupków

Nowy Łupków
Village
Village church
Interactive map of Nowy Łupków
Nowy Łupków
Coordinates: 49°15′24″N 22°5′2″E / 49.25667°N 22.08389°E / 49.25667; 22.08389
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountySanok
GminaKomańcza
Population
390

Nowy Łupków [ˈnɔvɨ ˈwupkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komańcza, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.

The village emerged when the local railway station was built in 1872, along the line from Zagórz to then-Hungarian-owned Slovakia (First Hungarian-Galician Railway, Erste Ungarisch-Galizische Eisenbahn). At first, its inhabitants were mostly working on the railways. Currently, it is the southernmost railroad station in Poland, and a rail border crossing with Slovakia. In 1890-1898 the village was also linked with narrow-gauge Bieszczadzka Forest Railway.

A penal colony was built here after the Second World War, in which a number of Solidarność representatives were imprisoned during the Martial law in Poland period in 1981 and 1982.