Lipsk
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Augustów | ||
| Gmina : | Lipsk | ||
| Area : | 4.98 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 44 ' N , 23 ° 24' E | ||
| Residents : | 2406 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 16-315 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 87 | ||
| License plate : | CONSTRUCTION | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DW673 Dąbrowa Białostocka –Lipsk | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
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| Website : | www.lipsk.pl | ||
Lipsk is a city in Poland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship with 2,400 inhabitants. It is the seat of the town-and-country community of the same name , in which around 5,500 people live.
Geographical location
The city is located in eastern Poland, about twelve kilometers south of the state border with Belarus . Suwałki is about 50 kilometers north and Białystok 70 kilometers south. The Biebrza River runs south of Lipsk .
history
The first written mention of Wola Lipska, today's Lipsk, comes from the year 1533 or 1564. On December 8, 1580, the place was given city rights by the Polish King Stephan Báthory according to Magdeburg law . The city also received the coat of arms on which a sailing boat can be seen. The Lipsk was destroyed during the Second Northern War in the second half of the 17th century. During the Second Partition of Poland , the city became part of Prussia in 1795 . A few years later, in 1807, Lipsk became part of the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw before it became part of Congress Poland ruled by the Russian Tsar after the duchy was dissolved. Lipsk lost its town charter in 1867, like many other towns in Poland. After the First World War , Lipsk became part of the re-established Poland . In 1939 Lipsk was occupied by Soviet troops due to the Hitler-Stalin Pact . The German Wehrmacht invaded the area with Operation Barbarossa in 1941 . When the Wehrmacht had to withdraw from the east at the end of the Second World War , Lipsk was reoccupied by the Red Army and, as a result of the war, became part of the People's Republic of Poland . At the end of the war the place was 70% destroyed. In 1983 Lipsk was given city rights again.
Buildings
- The neo-Gothic church from 1906
- the Jewish cemetery
traffic
The city is crossed in north-south direction by the provincial road 673 ( droga wojewódzka 673 ). The 673 leads south through Dąbrowa Białostocka , ten kilometers away , crosses Voivodeship Road 670 and ends after 40 kilometers in Sokółka . In a northerly direction, the 673 joins the Provincial Road 664 after about one kilometer. The 664 leads in an easterly direction after twelve kilometers to the border with Belarus, in the west it crosses Augustów after 30 kilometers .
Lipsk itself has no rail connection; the nearest train station is in Dąbrowa Białostocka, ten kilometers to the south.
The closest international airport on Polish territory is Frédéric Chopin Airport in Warsaw , about 230 kilometers southwest.
Web links
- City website (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the municipality of Lipsk, Położenie gminy , accessed on October 8, 2010
- ↑ a b c d e website of the city of Lipsk, Herb , accessed on October 8, 2010
- ↑ a b Szukacz.pl, Lipsk - Informacje dodatkowe , accessed on October 8, 2010