Ostrów Mazowiecka
| Ostrów Mazowiecka | ||
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Poland | |
| Voivodeship : | Mazovia | |
| Powiat : | Ostrowski | |
| Area : | 22.09 km² | |
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 48 ′ N , 21 ° 54 ′ E | |
| Height : | 110 m npm | |
| Residents : | 22,489 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 07-300, 07-302 | |
| Telephone code : | (+48) 29 | |
| License plate : | WOR | |
| Economy and Transport | ||
| Street : | E67 Białystok - Warsaw | |
| DK8 | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | |
| Gmina | ||
| Gminatype: | Borough | |
| Residents: | 22,489 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 1416011 | |
| Administration (as of 2015) | ||
| Mayor : | Jerzy Bauer | |
| Address: | ul. 3 Maja 66 07-300 Ostrów Mazowiecka |
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| Website : | www.ostrowmaz.pl | |
Ostrów Mazowiecka ( [ˈɔstruf ˌmazɔˈvʲjɛʦ̑ka] , ) is a district town in Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship , seat of the powiat Ostrowski and the municipality of Ostrów Mazowiecka . The city is located in the north-eastern part of the Masovian Voivodeship, on state road 8 , which in the future will be expanded into the Via Baltica expressway .
history
The town was first mentioned in 1410. In 1434 the town was granted town charter by the Duke of Mazovia Bolesław IV . In 1514 the city was given the privilege of holding four annual markets and one weekly market. This privilege allowed the city to develop rapidly. In the second half of the 16th century, the city already had over 3 thousand inhabitants. In the 17th century, the city's development stagnated due to numerous wars and was mainly characterized by constant reconstruction. During this time there was also an increased immigration of Jews.
The city suffered no damage in the First World War . During the Second World War , the city was in German-occupied territory . On November 9, 1939, a fire founded by the occupiers destroyed large parts of the city center. The Gauleiter of East Prussia, Erich Koch , had already arranged to set fire to Ostrów Mazowiecka and to blame Jews with the Higher SS and Police Leader East, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger . The Reserve Police Battalion 91 and a company from Reserve Police Battalion 11 then recruited a total of 156 men, 208, of the Jewish residents of the city who had not yet fled across the nearby Soviet border on November 11, 1939 Women and children, according to other sources around 500 people, shot dead.
After the failed assassination attempt on Hitler , the co-conspirator Henning von Tresckow committed suicide on July 21, 1944 near Ostrów Mazowiecka so as not to fall into the hands of the Gestapo.
The post-war period was marked by reconstruction. At this time there was also a strong industrialization of the city. In the 1990s the city experienced an economic change.
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality belonged to the Ostrołęka Voivodeship .
administration
The city of Ostrów Mazowiecka forms an independent municipality ( gmina miejska ).
Culture and sights
theatre
- Scena Kotłownia
Buildings
- Maria-Himmelfahrt-Kirche (end of the 19th century)
- Town Hall (1927)
- Volksbank building (1926)
Economy and Infrastructure
Established businesses
- Forte - furniture manufacturer
- Ostrowia - dairy
- Alpla - plastics processing
- Kruger Polska - food manufacturer
- Zurad - electronics
- Prefabet - precast concrete parts
- Tailors - metal processing
Town twinning
Ostrów Mazowiecka lists three twin cities :
Personalities
- Bernard Napieralski (1861-1897), chemist
- Jerzy Bordziłowski (1900–1983), Soviet-Polish general
- Janina Abramowska (* 1933), literary historian and theorist
- Beata Mazurek (* 1967), politician (PiS)
literature
- Markus Roth, Annalena Schmidt: Murder of Jews in Ostrów Mazowiecka: Act and punishment . Metropol, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86331-120-9 .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Położenie. ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2010 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.
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ City website (BIP), Kierownictwo Urzędu , accessed on January 24, 2015
- ↑ a b Mieczysław Bartniczak: Eksterminacja ludności w powiecie Ostrów Mazowiecka w latach okupacji hitlerowskiej (1939–1944). Rocznik Mazowiecki, 5/1974, pp. 160-162.
- ↑ Wolfgang Curilla : The murder of Jews in Poland and the German Ordnungspolizei 1939–1945. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2011, ISBN 978-3-506-77043-1 , p. 151, 540-543.
- ^ Miejsce egzekucji ludności żydowskiej (obwodnica miasta). Museum of the History of Polish Jews .
- ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . KG Saur, Munich 2008, p. 96.
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish, PDF; 783 kB).
- ^ Miasta Partnerskie - Urząd Miasta Ostrów Mazowiecka . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
