Iłża

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Iłża
Coat of arms of Iłża
Iłża (Poland)
Iłża
Iłża
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Mazovia
Powiat : Radome
Area : 15.83  km²
Geographic location : 51 ° 10 '  N , 21 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '46 "  N , 21 ° 14' 15"  E
Height : 180 m npm
Residents : 4733
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 27-100
Telephone code : (+48) 48
License plate : WRA
Economy and Transport
Street : DK9 Rzeszów - Radom
Next international airport : Warsaw
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban and rural municipality
Surface: 255.82 km²
Residents: 14,701
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 57 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 1425033
Administration (as of 2018)
Mayor : Przemyslaw Burek
Address: ul.Rynek 11
27-100 Iłża
Website : www.ilza.pl



Iłża is a city in Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship .

history

Łża 1655

In 1294 the town was granted city rights under Magdeburg law . The town charter was confirmed in 1413 by Władysław II Jagiełło . During the third partition of Poland , the city came to Austria and in 1809 to the newly created Duchy of Warsaw . In 1815 Iłża became part of Congress Poland . After the January Uprising in 1863, Tsar Alexander II reduced the number of towns with town charter on Polish territory, and Iłża lost its town charter in 1867. After the First World War , Iłża became part of the re-established Poland and in 1921 received city rights again. During the attack on Poland in September 1939, the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht . The occupation ended with the advance of the 1st Belorussian Front of the Red Army , the Iłża on January 16, 1945 arrived. As a result, the city became part of Poland again.

Culture and sights

Museums

In Iłża there is a regional museum on the history of the region.

Buildings

The castle in Iłża

The town's castle was built between 1327 and 1347. The first written mention comes from the year 1334.

Economy and Infrastructure

Unemployment was 17.6% in 2008.

traffic

The city is located on Landesstrasse 9 , which is also Europastrasse 371 . This leads through Radom in the north after about 25 kilometers . In the south it runs through Rzeszów after 150 kilometers .

The nearest international airport is Warsaw Frédéric Chopin Airport, around 120 kilometers north.

Web links

Commons : Iłża  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ilza.info, Historia ›Okresy historyczne› II wojna światowa ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 10, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ilza.info
  3. ilza.info, "Zamek - Historia" ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 10, 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ilza.info
  4. The city's website, “Strona główna - Miasto i Gmina”, accessed on March 10, 2008 ( memento of the original from March 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 80.54.17.230