Siemiatycze
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Siemiatycze | ||
| Area : | 36.25 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 26 ' N , 22 ° 52' E | ||
| Residents : | 14,418 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 17-300 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 85 | ||
| License plate : | BSI | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | DK19 Lublin - Białystok | ||
| Rail route : | Siedlce - Czeremcha | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Residents: | 14,418 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 2010011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2012) | |||
| Mayor : | Piotr Siniakowicz | ||
| Address: | ul. Pałacowa 2 17-300 Siemiatycze |
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| Website : | www.siemiatycze-um.com.pl | ||
Siemiatycze [ ɕɛmʲaˈtɨt͡ʂɛ ] ( Lithuanian Semiatičė ; Belarusian Сямятычы , Sjamjatytschy ) is a city in Poland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship . It is the seat of the Powiat Siemiatycki and forms a municipality .
Geographical location
The city is located in the middle east of Poland about 30 kilometers west of the state border with Belarus . The Siemiatycze station is a few kilometers southeast of the city on the Siedlce – Waukawysk railway line .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 15th century. In 1542 Sigismund II August granted the town town charter combined with the right to hold markets and annual fairs . The city had its heyday in the 18th century. In 1772 a new town hall was inaugurated. During the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, Siemiatycze became part of Prussia , and in 1807 of Russia . The January uprising of 1863 took place here on 6/7. February with the Battle of Siemiatycze the largest battle between Polish insurgents and the Russian military took place. Large parts of the city were destroyed, and the destroyed buildings also included the palace which was not rebuilt. At the beginning of the Second World War , the city was bombed by German airmen on September 8, 1939, which caused only minor damage. The next day the city was attacked again, causing major damage. On September 11th, parts of the XIX. Army Corps of Army Group North in Siemiatycze. On September 17th, the Wehrmacht withdrew and handed the area over to the Red Army in accordance with the Hitler-Stalin Pact , which tried to fortify the new border with the Molotov Line . In 1941 the Wehrmacht marched into the area as part of the Russian campaign . The Wehrmacht set up a ghetto for the Jews, most of which were later murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp . After the end of the war, the city became part of Poland again.
At the end of the 19th century, around 75 percent of the population were Jews . After the Second World War, about 4,000 people lived in the city. In 1939 about 7,000 inhabitants of Siemiatycze were Jews.
Town twinning
- Castrolibero (Italy)
- Zehdenick (Germany)
- Pastawy (Belarus)
Buildings
- Baroque church from the 17th / 18th centuries century
- Orthodox church from the 19th century
- Former synagogue from the 19th century
- Two 19th century cemetery chapels
- Military cemetery for those killed in the First World War
education
In Siemiatycze there are two primary schools, three middle schools (Polish gimnazjum ) and one general high school (Polish liceum ogólnokształcące ).
sons and daughters of the town
- Monika Buchowiec (* 1982), Polish actress
- Dariusz Kowalski (* 1963), Polish actor
- Marek Antoni Nowicki (* 1953), chairman of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.
Rural community
The rural community of Siemiatycze, to which the city of Siemiatycze itself does not belong, has an area of 227.14 km², on which (as of June 30, 2019) 6078 people live.
Web links
- City website (Polish)
- Link catalog on the topic of Siemiatycze at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ ) (Polish)
- Website about Siemiatycze (Polish)
Footnotes
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ siemiatycze.com - Jerzy Nowicki, Siemiatycze, wrzesień 1939, okupacja niemiecka i as well ascka ( memento of the original from January 25, 2009 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 September 8, 2008.
- ↑ a b siemiatycze.com - Jerzy Nowicki, Siemiatycze - Żydzi, Syjonizm ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2009 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 September 8, 2008.
- ^ City website, Rys historyczny , April 25, 2008
- ↑ gimnazjum cannot be translated as grammar school in German.
