Łask

Łask
	Łask
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Łódź
Powiat :	Łask
Area :	15.00  km²
Geographic location :	51 ° 35 ′  N , 19 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents :	17,266 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code :	98-100
Telephone code :	(+48) 43
License plate :	ELA
Economy and Transport
Street :	Kalisz - Kielce
	Łódź - Wroclaw
Rail route :	Łódź – Ostrów Wielkopolski
Next international airport :	Łódź
Gmina
Gminatype:	Urban and rural municipality
Gmina structure:	50 villages
	32 school offices
Surface:	146.91 km²
Residents:	27,724 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	189 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	1003023
Administration (as of 2007)
Mayor :	Gabriel Szkudlarek
Address:	ul.Warszawska 14 98-100 Łask
Website :	www.lask.pl

Łask [ wask ] ( German Lask ) is a Polish city ​​on the Grabia . The district town of Powiat Łaski lies between Zduńska Wola and Pabianice .

history

After the second partition of Poland (1793), the city and its surrounding area were assigned to the Prussian province of South Prussia as a separate district of Lutomiersk .

After the German occupation of the municipal area in 1939, the municipal area of ​​the re-established province of Posen and in 1941 was incorporated into the Reichsgau Wartheland as an independent district of Lask .

The Łask military airfield was built during the Cold War .

She has been part of the Łódź Voivodeship since 1999 , previously she was in the Sieradz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

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  Collegiate Church in Łask

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  Holy Spirit Church

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  Synagogue (destroyed)

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  Monument to Józef Piłsudski

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  Park miejski between the city center and the Grabia river

local community

The urban and rural community ( gmina miejsko-wiejska ) includes the city of Łask and another 32 districts with a Schulzenamt ( sołectwo ) :

Aleksandrówek Anielin Bałucz ( 1943–1945 Balau ) Borszewice Budy Stryjewskie Gorczyn Karszew Kopyść Krzucz Łopatki Mauryca

Okup Mały Okup Wielki Orchów Ostrów Rembów Draw Rokitnica Sięganów Stryje Księże Stryje Paskowe

Teodory Wiewiórczyn Wola Bałucka Wola Łaska Wola Stryjewska Wronowice Wrzeszczewice Wrzeszczewice Nowe Wydrzyn Zielęcice

Other localities in the municipality are:

Grabina Jabłonki Kolonia Bałucz Kolonia Bilew Łętków Łopatki-Cegielnia

Mikołajówek Młynisko Orchów-Wesółka Ostrów-Osiedle Podłaszcze Szadek ( 1943–1945 Schadeck )

Teodory-Osiedle Ulejów Wincentów Wrzeszczewice-Skrejnia Wrzeczewice-Tomaszew

Town twinning

Since November 6, 1999 there has been a town partnership with the Lower Saxon town of Dannenberg (Elbe) in the joint municipality of Elbtalaue . Another partnership exists with the Belarusian city of Lahojsk .

Born in Łask

• Johannes a Lasco (1499–1560), theologian and reformer
• Genowefa Kobielska (1906–1993), discus thrower and shot putter
• Karolina Sowała (* 1988), beach volleyball player
• Michał Bryl (* 1994), beach volleyball player
• Katarzyna Kociołek (* 1995), beach volleyball player

Web links

Commons : Łask  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the city of Lask
• Order on change of place names in Reichsgau Wartheland in the ordinance sheet of the Reich governor in Warthegau dated May 18, 1943 (PDF; 1.8 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Cf. web link " Order on change of place names in Reichsgau Wartheland " - Lask district
3. ↑ See Deutsche Heereskarte, Großblatt 364, Edition 3, as of: X 1944, scale 1: 100,000
4. ^ Website Łask - Miasta partnerskie , accessed on October 6, 2017