Augustów
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Augustów | ||
| Area : | 80.93 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 51 ' N , 22 ° 58' E | ||
| Residents : | 30,190 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 16-300 to 16-303 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 87 | ||
| License plate : | CONSTRUCTION | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Suwałki - Białystok | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Surface: | 80.93 km² | ||
| Residents: | 30,190 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 373 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2001011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2012) | |||
| Mayor : | Wojciech Walulik | ||
| Address: | ul. 3 Maja 60 16-300 Augustów |
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| Website : | www.augustow.eu | ||
The district town of Augustów [ aʊ̯ˈgustuf ] ( Lithuanian Augustavas ) is a spa town in northeastern Poland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship . The place is now known for water sports. In the center of the city you can visit houses in the late classical and eclectic style. In 1970 Augustów became a health resort , three years later the neighboring villages were incorporated.
history
The place was first mentioned in 1496. The Polish King Sigismund II August. Gave the town on May 17, 1557 the town charter by Magdeburg Law .
In 1656 the place was destroyed by the Tatars . In the second half of the 17th century the city was ravaged by the plague. In 1795 Augustów became part of Prussia . In 1807 he came to the Duchy of Warsaw and then became part of Congress Poland in 1815 .
The Augustów Canal ( Kanał Augustowski in Polish ) was built from 1825 to 1839 . This was proposed by Poland for UNESCO World Heritage . In 1842 the place became a district town. In 1899 it was connected to the railway network.
From 1939 to 1941 Augustów was occupied by the Red Army , then by the Wehrmacht until 1944 . The city was 70% destroyed during this time and lost a large part of its population. Since then, the city has been in the critical Suwalki gap .
Augustów raid
In July 1945, in the so-called Augustów raid in the Augustów area, as part of the fight against the Polish anti-communist underground , around 7,000 people were arrested and interrogated under torture. Around 600 of the prisoners were abducted in an unknown direction and the circumstances of their deaths have not yet been clarified. It was the greatest crime of the communist regime in Poland after the end of World War II .
Rural community
The rural municipality of Augustów, to which the city of Augustów itself does not belong, has an area of 266.52 km², on which (as of June 30, 2016) 6,834 people live.
sons and daughters of the town
- Emil Leon Post (1897–1954), mathematician
- Maciej Maciejewski (1914–2018), actor
- Andrzej Szczytko (* 1955), actor and director
- Marek Zalewski (* 1963), Archbishop, Diplomat of the Holy See
- Witold Mroziewski (* 1966), Auxiliary Bishop in Brooklyn
- Adam Rybakowicz (* 1984), member of the Sejm
- Edyta Dzieniszewska (* 1986), canoeist
Twin cities
literature
- LG Cologne, May 4, 1957 . In: Justice and Nazi crimes . Collection of German criminal convictions for Nazi homicidal crimes 1945–1966, Vol. XIV, edited by Irene Sagel-Grande, HH Fuchs, CF Rüter . Amsterdam: University Press, 1976, No. 444, pp. 105–134 Subject matter of the proceedings: Execution of at least 30 Jewish residents of Augustovo who were found in a rest home and Russian guests suspected of being Communist functionaries. Individual killing of at least 100 Jews, communist functionaries and members of a communist underground movement who were constantly arrested after the German occupation of Augustowos
Web links
- City website (Polish)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Soviet documents confirm 'Little Katyn' in Poland . Polskie radio . April 18, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ Jan Jerzy Milewski: Obława augustowska - niewyjaśniona zbrodnia z lipca 1945 roku . Instytut Pamięci Narodowej . Retrieved on September 8, 2015. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gerhard Gnauck: Their tormentors lie above the victims of the regime . 08/11/15. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
