Wyszków




For other places with the same name, see Wyszków (disambiguation).

Place in Masovian, Poland










































































Wyszków

Palace from 1780
Palace from 1780





Flag of Wyszków
Flag
Coat of arms of Wyszków
Coat of arms


Wyszków is located in Poland

Wyszków

Wyszków




Coordinates: 52°35′36″N 21°27′36″E / 52.59333°N 21.46000°E / 52.59333; 21.46000
Country
 Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Wyszków County
Gmina Gmina Wyszków
Established 13th century
Town rights 1502
Government

 • Mayor Grzegorz Nowosielski
Area

 • Total 2,000.78 km2 (772.51 sq mi)
Population
(2018)

 • Total 26,500
 • Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
07-200, 07-202
Area code(s) +48 029
Car plates WWY
Website http://www.wyszkow.pl

Wyszków ([ˈvɨʂkuf]; Yiddish: ווישקאָוו‎ Vishkov) is a city in Poland with 26,500 inhabitants (2018). It is the capital of Wyszków County (Polish: powiat wyszkowski). Wyszków is in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in the Warsaw Voivodeship (until 1975) and the Ostrołęka Voivodeship (1975–1998). Unofficial name is 'Wyszków Miasto Opryszków'.




Contents






  • 1 Description


  • 2 Jews in Wyszków


  • 3 Notable people from Wyszków


  • 4 International relations


    • 4.1 Twin towns — sister cities




  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Description


The village of Wyszków was first documented in 1203. The town was founded in 1502. It was destroyed during the Second Northern War in 1655-1660, when it lost its significance in the region. Industry developed after 1897, when the Pilawa-Tluszcz-Ostrołęka railway was built..



Jews in Wyszków


Before World War II half of Wyszków's population of 9,000 were Jewish; after the war there were none. On 14 September 1997 a memorial to Holocaust victims was unveiled in Wyszków. It is made of reclaimed Jewish gravestones that had been removed from the site in 1939 by German forces, who used them as paving stones and to build the local Gestapo headquarters. Scores of these desecrated tombstones were recovered and incorporated as part of the monument.


Wyszków was the birthplace of Mordechaj Anielewicz in 1919.



Notable people from Wyszków




Monument to Mordechaj Anielewicz in Wyszków




  • Mordechaj Anielewicz (1919–1943), leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising


  • Jarosław Kalinowski (born 1962), Polish politician


  • Berek Lajcher (1893–1943), Polish-Jewish physician and activist


  • Lanberry (born 1987), Polish singer and songwriter



International relations


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland


Twin towns — sister cities


Wyszków is twinned with:



  • Estonia Kohtla-Järve, Estonia[1]


References





  1. ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Kohtla-Järve linn. Retrieved 1 March 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .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 .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .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 .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-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.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



  • Jewish Community in Wyszków on Virtual Shtetl



Coordinates: 52°35′36″N 21°27′36″E / 52.59333°N 21.46000°E / 52.59333; 21.46000











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