Błaszki
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Łódź | |
Powiat : | Sieradz | |
Area : | 1.62 km² | |
Geographic location : | 51 ° 39 ′ N , 18 ° 26 ′ E | |
Residents : | 2101 (June 30, 2019) |
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Postal code : | 98-235 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 43 | |
License plate : | IT I | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Street : | Zduńska Wola - Kalisz | |
Rail route : | Zduńska Wola – Kalisz | |
Next international airport : | Łódź | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Urban and rural municipality | |
Gmina structure: | 55 school offices | |
Surface: | 202.00 km² | |
Residents: | 14,512 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 72 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 1014023 | |
Administration (as of 2011) | ||
Mayor : | Piotr Świderski | |
Address: | pl. Niepodległości 13 98-235 Błaszki |
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Website : | www.blaszki.pl |
Błaszki ( German Schwarzau , 1943-1945 Schwarzau (Wartheland) ) is a city in Poland in the Łódź Voivodeship . It is the seat of an urban and rural municipality in the Powiat Sieradzki .
history
The first mention of the place comes from the year 1386, when there was already a parish. Johann II. Kasimir Błaszki granted the right to hold weekly markets on March 1, 1652 . The town charter followed in 1722. With the second partition of Poland , the place became part of Prussia in 1793 . In the same year, Jews were also found in the village for the first time . With the establishment of the Duchy of Warsaw , the place became part of the same in 1807 and part of Congress Poland in 1815 . Before World War II , the city had about 5,700 residents, half of whom were Jewish. After the Wehrmacht marched in in September 1939, they were kidnapped and most of them murdered.
local community
In addition to the main town of the same name, the town and rural community of Błaszki consists of 55 districts ( German names until 1945 ) with a Schulzenamt:
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Other localities in the municipality are Brzozowiec ( Klettenhagen ), Kąśnie, Kokoszki, Kopacz, Kostrzewice ( Köstritz ), Kwasków-Kolonia, Marianów, Pęczek, Wilczkowice and Zaborów.
Attractions
- Church of St. Anne , built between 1779 and 1789
- Houses from the 18th / 19th centuries century
- Railway station from 1905
Web links
- City website (German, Polish, English, Russian)
- District Schwarzau (Wartheland)
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 .