Zambrów
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Zambrów | ||
| Area : | 19.02 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 59 ′ N , 22 ° 15 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 115 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 22,098 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 18-300 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 86 | ||
| License plate : | BZA | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | E 67 Białystok - Warsaw | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Residents: | 22,098 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 2014011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2007) | |||
| Mayor : | Kazimierz Dąbrowski | ||
| Address: | ul. Fabryczna 3 18-300 Zambrów |
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| Website : | www.zambrow.pl | ||
Zambrów [ ˈzambruf ] is a city in Poland in the Podlaskie Voivodeship . The name of the place comes from the old Polish ząbr and means place of the bison .
Geographical location
The city is located on the Jabłonka River, not far from the border with the Masovian Voivodeship .
history
The first mention of a princely settlement at the place of today's Zambrów comes from the year 1283. The town received the town charter around 1430 after Kulm law . In 1445 the city became the seat of a powiat and the town's heyday began at this time. In 1538 Sigismund I confirmed the town charter of Zambrów. The city was badly destroyed during the Swedish-Polish War , but was quickly rebuilt due to its location on the trade route from Białystok to Warsaw . In 1795 during the Third Partition of Poland , the place came under Prussian rule and lost its seat as a district. In 1807 Zambrów became part of the Duchy of Warsaw and in 1815 part of Congress Poland . During the period under Russian domination, the city lost 1870 its town charter . From 1885 to 1895 two regiments of Russian infantry were stationed. After the First World War , the town regained its town charter in 1919. Furthermore, Polish soldiers have now been stationed here and an officers' school for reservists has been opened. From 10 to 13 September 1939 there was a battle between the Polish army and the Wehrmacht . The Polish infantry was under the command of Colonel Stefan Kossecki and the German XIX. Panzer Corps under General of the Panzer Force Heinz Guderian . In the end, the Poles had to capitulate. According to the Hitler-Stalin Pact, the Red Army entered the city and deportations to the Soviet Union took place . In the further course of the Second World War , the Germans again moved into the city. They set up a ghetto and a camp for prisoners of war and forced labor. In 1944, the Red Army moved into the city again, about 40% of which was now destroyed. In 1954, a textile company was opened that employed around 3,000 people, making it the city's most important employer. In 1955 Zambrów was again the seat of a powiat . It lost this status again during an administrative reform in 1975, but regained it in 1999 when it was reformed again.
local community
In addition to the urban municipality, there is also a rural municipality of Zambrów. The rural community includes 71 localities with a Schulzenamt .
Population development
| year | 1939 | 1946 | 2000 |
| population | 7,500 | 4.130 | 23,992 |
Buildings
- the Church of the Holy Trinity , built from 1874 to 1879
- a chapel from the mid-19th century
- the cemetery and the associated chapel, laid out in 1795
- the grave of those who fell in the January uprising in 1864
Sons and daughters
- Samuil Iossifowitsch Aljoschin (1913-2008), Russian playwright
- Schlomo Goren (1917–1994), Israeli rabbi
- Lech Kołakowski (* 1963), politician
- Józef Michalik (* 1941), Roman Catholic clergyman, retired Archbishop of Przemyśl
- Philip Sendak (1894–1970), OS-American businessman and author
- Hirsch Smolar (1905–1993), Polish-Israeli writer
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 .