Pułtusk

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Pułtusk
Pułtusk coat of arms
Pułtusk (Poland)
Pułtusk
Pułtusk
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Mazovia
Powiat : Pułtusk
Area : 22.83  km²
Geographic location : 52 ° 42 '  N , 21 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 42 '0 "  N , 21 ° 5' 0"  E
Height : 80 m npm
Residents : 19,432
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 06-100
Telephone code : (+48) 23
License plate : WPU
Economy and Transport
Street : Warsaw - Białystok
Next international airport : Warsaw
Gmina
Gminatype: Urban and rural municipality
Gmina structure: 8 school offices
Surface: 133.72 km²
Residents: 24,659
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 184 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 1424043
Administration (as of 2019)
Mayor : Wojciech Gregorczyk
Address: Rynek 41
06-100 Pułtusk
Website : www.pultusk.pl



Pułtusk ( German Pultusk , older Poltow , 1941-1945 Ostenburg ) is a town with 19,000 inhabitants in central Poland and at the same time the seat of a town and country municipality . It is located 56 km north of Warsaw and is the county seat of the powiat Pułtuski in the Masovian Voivodeship .

geography

The city is located at the confluence of the Narew and Rozoga rivers .

history

Pułtusk was the scene of two major battles, during the Great Northern War in 1703 ( First Battle of Pultusk ) and during the Napoleonic Wars in 1806 ( Second Battle of Pultusk ). The city was also known by a large meteor shower , which fell there on 30 January. 1868 Before the Second World War, 6,000 Jews lived in the city, about half of the population, the majority of whom fled to the Soviet Union in 1939. Pułtusk was annexed by the Germans and added to the Zichenau district. In the Second World War, the city was 85% destroyed.

local community

The urban and rural municipality of Pułtusk consists of the eight school departments Białowieża, Boby, Chmielowo, Głodowo, Gnojno, Grabówiec, Gromin and Jeżewo.

Twin cities

The photo shows the coats of arms of the five twin cities of Pułtusk, taken in September 2018 in the city council chamber.

Pułtusk is also a founding member of the Union of European Napoleonic Cities .

Personalities

Attractions

  • Market square, at 600 meters the longest in Europe
  • Gothic collegiate church of the Annunciation from the 15th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century
  • Former bishop's castle (14th – 16th centuries), now the Polonia house
  • St. Maria Magdalena Chapel (16th - 18th centuries)
  • Town hall with tower from the 16th century
Pułtusk, town hall with adjoining museum tower

literature

  • Pultusk , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , p. 623

Web links

Commons : Pułtusk  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
  • City website
  • Historical view from 1729: Situs Oppidi et Arcis Poltowsko In Cuius Vicinia Exercitus Suedicus ductu - - Com. Gustaui Ott. Steenbockij - - flumen Narew traiecit. d. May 27, 1657 ( digitized version )
Former bishop's castle, now used as a hotel and event center
Gondola ride on the canals of Pułtusk, also known as the "Venice of Mazovia".

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. ↑ http://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_6102_1_A.jpg&col=ryh