Przasnysz
| Przasnysz | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Mazovia | ||
| Powiat : | Przasnysz | ||
| Area : | 25.16 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 1 ' N , 20 ° 53' E | ||
| Residents : | 17,264 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 06-300 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 29 | ||
| License plate : | WPZ | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | National road 57: Warsaw - Biskupiec |
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| Next international airport : | Szymany / Olsztyn | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Residents: | 17,264 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 1422011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2018) | |||
| Mayor : | Łukasz Chrostowski | ||
| Address: | ul. Św. Stanisława Kostki 5 06-300 Przasnysz |
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| Website : | www.przasnysz.um.gov.pl | ||
Przasnysz ( German Pczaßnitz 1939–1945 Praschnitz ) is a city in Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship . It is located about 100 km north of Warsaw on the Węgierka and is the administrative seat of the Powiat Przasnyski . The city occupies an area of 2516 hectares. In 2004 the city had 18,093 inhabitants.
history
Przasnysz received city rights in 1427. After the partition of Poland , the city belonged to the Russian Empire . During the First World War , the 1st Battle of Przasnysz took place here from mid to late February 1915 and the 2nd Battle of Przasnysz on July 13 and 14, 1915 . With the re-establishment of the independent Polish state in 1919, Przasnysz also came back to Poland. In 1939 the city was annexed by the Greater German Reich in violation of international law , renamed Praschnitz and the seat of the district of the same name in the province of East Prussia . Afterwards people of German origin from the Baltic States and Romania were settled here. In 1945 Praschnitz was captured by the Red Army and returned to Poland.
local community
Borough
The city of Przasnysz forms an independent municipality ( gmina miejska ).
Rural community
The rural community ( gmina wiejska ) Przasnysz has an area of 183.91 km² with 7,221 inhabitants (June 30, 2010).
Personalities
- Helga Adler (* 1943), German women's politician (SED / PDS / non-party)
Web links
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 .
- ↑ http://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_6102_1_A.jpg&col=ryh
- ↑ Główny Urząd Statystyczny, "LUDNOŚĆ - STAN I STRUKTURA W PRZEKROJU TERYTORIALNYM" ( Memento from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) as of June 30, 2010
