Wysokie Mazowieckie
Wysokie Mazowieckie | |
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Town Hall | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Wysokie Mazowieckie | |
| Coordinates: 52°55′9″N 22°30′52″E / 52.91917°N 22.51444°E / 52.91917; 22.51444 | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Wysokie Mazowieckie |
| Gmina | urban gmina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jarosław Siekierko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.24 km2 (5.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2013[1]) | |
| • Total | 9,503 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 18-200 |
| Area code(s) | +48 086 |
| Car plates | BWM |
| Website | http://www.wysokiemazowieckie.pl |
Wysokie Mazowieckie [vɨˈsɔkʲɛ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲɛ] is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 as of 2005[update].
In town there is one of the biggest dairy companies in this part of Europe - "Mlekovita".
in 2018, the city was among the richest municipalities in Poland, has ranked 11th in the country
Contents
1 Jewish cemetery
2 Sport
3 International relations
3.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
4 Notable persons from Wysokie Mazowieckie
5 References
6 External links
Jewish cemetery
The Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie had been devastated in World War II. It was restored in 2006 and, protected by a fence, is maintained regularly by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The Jewish cemetery contains a memorial to local Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. The memorial monument was vandalized in August 2012.[2]
Saint John the Baptist Church
Sport
Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie - Polish football club
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with:
Alpiarça, Portugal
Mejshagola - Lithuania
- Wysokie - Belarus
Notable persons from Wysokie Mazowieckie
- Jacek Bogucki
- Wojciech Borzuchowski
Jacob Burck, born Yankel Bochkowsky- Przemysław Czajkowski
- Jan Stanisław Jankowski
- Kazimierz Kamieński
- Jan Kucharzewski
- Łukasz Załuska
References
^ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2014 Archived 20 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Jewish cemetery in Poland is vandalized". JTA. Retrieved 25 August 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
External links
Official town webpage (Polish)
Wysokie Mazowieckie Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Book (Yiddish, Hebrew & English)- Wysokie-Mazowieckie Memorial Book
- We Remember Jewish Wysokie Mazowieckie
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Coordinates: 52°55′N 22°31′E / 52.917°N 22.517°E / 52.917; 22.517
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