Minsk Mazowiecki

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Minsk Mazowiecki

Minsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
with 37 138 inhabitants (XII 2005). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
(since 1999), previously in Siedlce Voivodeship

Siedlce Voivodeship

Siedlce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship....
(1975-1998). It is the capital of Minsk County

Minsk County

Minsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
.

Facts:

k origin is River Mienia. River Mienia origin is word mienic which means shine. Adjective Mazowiecki shows historical connections with Mazovia and distinct Minsk Mazowiecki from Minsk

Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
.

k Mazowiecki is located geographically in South Podlachia

Podlachia

Podlachia, Podlesia, or Podlasie is a historical region in the eastern part of Poland and western Belarus. It is located between the Biebrza River in the north and its natural continuation to the south — the Polesie area....
, historically in East Mazovia and administratively in East Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
.

Precisely city lies 40 km east from Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
's Center.

l 1768 it was illegal for Jewish people to settle in Minsk.

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Minsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland

Poland

Masovian Voivodeship

Siedlce Voivodeship

Minsk County

high urban density
Urban density

Urban density is a term used in urban planning and urban design to refer to the number of people inhabiting a given urbanized area. As such it is to be distinguished from other measures of Population density....
(in some areas very high)
until recently part of Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
Subregion
history

long history as a town (since 1421)
2 large buildings from 17th century and many others which survived Second World War (all are original)

transport

one of main European routes inside
one of main European railroads inside

Name

Minsk origin is River Mienia. River Mienia origin is word mienic which means shine. Adjective Mazowiecki shows historical connections with Mazovia and distinct Minsk Mazowiecki from Minsk

Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
.

Location

Minsk Mazowiecki is located geographically in South Podlachia

Podlachia

Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
.

Precisely city lies 40 km east from Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
's Center.

History

XIV - settlement (commercial function)
1421, May 29 - official city of Minsk
1422 - first wooden church (not saved)
1549 - found of second city: Sendomierz
1629 - present church opened
1695 - Sendomierz joined to Minsk
XVIII - gradual fall of Minsk connected with gradual fall of the Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
1795-1809 - in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
1809-1815 - in Duchy of Warsaw
Duchy of Warsaw

The Duchy of Warsaw was a Poland state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit....
1815-1916 - in Congress Poland
Congress Poland

Congress Poland [], officially and formally Kingdom of Poland and informally known as Russian Poland was a constitutional personal union of the Russian Empire created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, replaced by the Central Powers in 1915 with the Kingdom of Poland ....
1866 - first train arrived
1867 - name's change (Minsk > Novominsk)
1870 - Dernalowicz Family became last owners of city (to Second World War)
1886 - first bookstore in east Mazovia
end of XIX - found of famous manufacture
1912 (or 1910) - start of Maria Grochowska's School, today this is Polska Macierz Szkolnas High School
1914 - old church opened after conversion
1915 - present hospital opened
1915 to 1918, November 11 - German occupation
1916 - name's change (Novominsk > Minsk Mazowiecki)
1920 - episode of Polish-Soviet War
1920-1939 - great development

1937 - first electric train arrived

1939-1944 - second German occupation

1939, September 12 - German entry
1939, September 13 - battle for Minsk Mazowiecki (Wladyslaw Anders
Wladyslaw Anders

Lieutenant-General Wladyslaw Anders CB was a General in the Poland Army and later in life a politician with the Polish government-in-exile in London....
)
1942, July 21 - elimination of Jews (one of first episodes of Holocaust)
1944, July 30 - liberation by Armia Krajowa
Armia Krajowa

The Armia Krajowa , abbreviated "AK", was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II Nazi Germany-History of Poland . It was formed in February 1942 from the Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej and over the next two years absorbed most other Polish underground forces....
(prelude to Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising was a struggle by the Armia Krajowa to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany occupation during World War II. The Uprising began on 1 August 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion, Operation Tempest....
)

1944, July 30-31 - soviet invasion
1945, march 2-3 - Soviet killed Minsk's elite (with Mayor Hipolit Konopka)
1952 - trains manufacture
1957 - military garrison
1979 - new train station
1985 - Solidarity
Solidarity

Solidarity is a Poland trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the Gdansk Shipyard, and originally led by Lech Walesa.Solidarity was the first non-communist trade union in a communist country....
events
1990 - first Mayor elected in free elections (since elections before Second World War): Zbigniew Grzesiak
1999 - Minsk County established

Jewish
Until 1768 it was illegal for Jewish people to settle in Minsk. But from XIX century to 1930' it was very popular. So, there were thousands of Jews before Second World War. They had a general synagogue and some smaller temples.

Early after war begun Germans
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
created Minsk's Ghetto. It was closured in 1942, July 21. Most of Jews were killed in Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka extermination camp

Treblinka II was a Germany extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II. Around 850,000 people - more than 99.5 percent of them Jews, but also other victims were killed there between July 1942 and October 1943; the camp was closed after a revolt during which a few Germans were killed and a small number of prisoners escaped....
(thousands of people). Rest were killed in Minsk in 1943, January 10 (500 people) and June 5 (last 150 Jews).

Polish Home Army
Armia Krajowa

The Armia Krajowa , abbreviated "AK", was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II Nazi Germany-History of Poland . It was formed in February 1942 from the Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej and over the next two years absorbed most other Polish underground forces....
managed to kill 2 German officers after this.

Monuments

layout of medieval settlement and later city
Palace of Doria Dernalowicz Family - built probably in XVII centrury (in place of XVI century residence), converted to classicism
Classicism

File:Nicolas Poussin 055.jpgClassicism, in the The Arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seeks to emulate....
park
Church of Born of Saint Mary - built in XVII century, converted to neo-baroque
Neo-baroque

Neo-Baroque is a term used to describe artistic creations which display important aspects of Baroque style, but are not from the Baroque period proper?i.e., the 17th and 18th centuries....
in early XX century
equipment
cemetery
county hall (former), XIX, classicism
Classicism

File:Nicolas Poussin 055.jpgClassicism, in the The Arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seeks to emulate....
county hall, XIX
post office, XIX, empire
Empire (style)

The Empire Style, sometimes considered the second phase of Neoclassicism, is an early-19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts....
church of Mariavite Church
Mariavite Church

The Mariavite Church is an independent Christian Church body that emerged from the Roman Catholic Church of Poland at the turn of the 20th century....
, 1911
residential areas, XIX and early XX
Jewish cemetery
some school buildings (early XX)

Economy
Trade:
hypermarket
Hypermarket

In commerce, a hypermarket is a big-box store which combines a supermarket and a department store. The result is a very large retailing facility which carries an enormous range of products under one roof, including full lines of grocery store and product ....
Carrefour
Carrefour

Carrefour SA is a French international hypermarket chain, with a global network of outlets. It is the largest hypermarket chain in the world in terms of size, and the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue after Wal-Mart....
supermarket
Supermarket

A supermarket is a self-service Retailing#Retail types offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments....
s (about 10)
many other shops
market
developers

Service:
10 banks
fast-foods, pubs and restaurants
3 hotels
construction indystry
car service
satellite communication

Industry:
ZNTK
ZNTK Nowy Sacz

ZNTK are a Polish Engineering conglomerate with based in Poznan, Poland. It builds railway locomotives and rolling stock....
"Minsk Mazowiecki" (trains)
Fabryka Urzadzen Dzwigowych - Manufacture of Cranes (other heavy machines)
cotton products
yachts
shoes
foil

Population

Age / Gender amount amount
0-18 men 3978
0-18 women 3640
0-18 7618
Men 18-65 yo 12283
Women 18-60 yo 12496
Work-age people 24779
Retire-age men 1572
Retire-age women 3560
Retire-age 5132
All 37529

Time Amount Time Amount
XVI, second half 3,5-4 t. 1660 1 t.
1777 456 1827 750
1880 2940 early XX 4771
1910 5794 1921 10689
1939 15103 1945 10500
1971 24700 1992 34 t.
1995 35068 2000 35761
2006 37529

Education
Józef Majka College of Social Science (catholic)
Stanislaw Staszic Lifelong Learning Center
University of Third Age
Polska Macierz Szkolna Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar schools in the United Kingdoms or sixth form colleges and U.S....
and High School
Salesian Gymnasium and High School (catholic)
Kazimierz Wielki Professional High School
Powstancy Warszawy Professional High School
High School of Economy
Maria Sklodowska-Curie High School
3 public gymnasiums
Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar schools in the United Kingdoms or sixth form colleges and U.S....
4 public elementary schools
over 10 preschools (6 public)
special school (for kids with problems)
clinic of psychological and pedagogical help

Bureaus

regional bureau of Environmental Protection Inspection
point of conscription
above forester bureau (Nadlesnictwo Minsk)
county, city and commune bureaus

Safety

Police Departament of Minsk County
Minsk County

Minsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998....
- 2 building in Minsk, dozens of cars (including special version of Opel Vectra
Opel Vectra

The Opel Vectra is a large family car produced primarily by Opel, the Germany subsidiary of GM Europe . In the United Kingdom, it is sold under the Vauxhall Motors marque as Vauxhall Vectra ....
)
Fire Departament of Minsk County - quite new fire engines (well equipped after big fire in industry area a few years ago)
Public Hospital of Minsk County

Culture and sport
Culture:
House of Culture
School of Art
2 libraries
2 museums
cinema
magazines (2 public and 3 commercial are published in Minsk)

Sport:
Miejski Osrodek Sportu i Rekreacji (public sport and recreation departament)
2 stadiums
ice rink
other
Mazovia-ZNTK
football team in local amateur league
other sports
other clubs

Religions

Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
(4 parishes and other structures)
Mariavite Church
Mariavite Church

The Mariavite Church is an independent Christian Church body that emerged from the Roman Catholic Church of Poland at the turn of the 20th century....
(1 parish)
Baptist
Baptist

A Baptist is a member of a Christian denomination characterized by the rejection of infant baptism in favor of believer's baptism by Baptism#Immersion....
(1 congregation)

Public transport

Train station
regular service (39 trains in one way daily) to Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
direct connections with many cities in Poland, and with Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
2 regular bus services to Warsaw
European route E30
European route E30

European route E 30 is an A-Class Western Europe-Eastern Europe European route, extending from the southern Ireland port of Cork in the west to the Russian city of Omsk in the east....

Lands
Overall: 13,12 km sq.

residential: 30%
industial: 6%
communication (roads, railroads etc.): 15%
agricultural: 29%
park: 5%
other: 15%

Historical parts of city
Cities:
Minsk - old town
Sendomierz (found 1549, joined 1695)

Estates built as part of Minsk:
- New Town - Garden Town (found 1936)
concrete estates built in socialist realism
Socialist realism

Socialist realism is a Teleology-oriented style of realism which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. Although related, it should not be confused with social realism, a type of art that realistically depicts subjects of social concern....
(about 1945-1990) without names
modern estates without names

Villages:
over railroad part of city (all existed in 1839 and earlier)
Kedzierak (joined partly in 1954 and fully in 1984)
Stankowizna (joined in XIX or XX century)
Anielina (joined in similar time as Kedzierak)
other
Górki (joined in XVIII century)
Gozdzik (joined during First War War)
Kolonia Stasinów (joined in 1936)
Pohulanka (joined partly in 1936)
Sewerynów (joined in similar time as Kedzierak)

Military

military police
airport with MIG-29 aircraft

Twin cities

Borodianka
Borodianka

Borodianka is a urban-type settlement in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. It's the administrative center of Borodianskyi Raion. Population is 12,535 ....
, Ukraine
Cori
Cori, Italy

Cori is a town and comune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy....
, Italy
Krnov
Krnov

Krnov is an Upper Silesian city in the northeastern Czech Republic, in Moravian-Silesian Region, in the District of Brunt?l, on the Opava River near the Polish border....
, Bruntál District, Czech Republic
Orsha
Orsha

Orsha is a city in Belarus in Vitebsk voblast on the fork of the Dnieper River and Arshytsa rivers....
, Belarus
Pefki
Pefki

Pefki or Pevki , is a suburb in the eastern northern area of Athens, Greece, and is divided into two parts, Ano- and Kato Pefki, while its name dates back to ancient times....
, Greece
Saint-Égrève
Saint-Égrève

Saint-?gr?ve is a Communes of France in the Is?re departments of France in southeastern France.See also*Communes of the Is?re department...
, France
Telšiai
Telšiai

Tel?iai is a city in Lithuania with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is the Capital of Tel?iai County, and it is located on Lake Mastis....
, Lithuania

People

Julian Grobelny
Julian Grobelny

Julian Grobelny was an activist in the Polish Socialist Party beginning in 1915 and the President of Zegota from its inception in 1942.Born in Brzeziny, Grobelny took part in the Silesian Uprisings and worked as an activist among the workers of L?dz before the Second World War....
, Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations

Righteous among the Nations , which may at times refer to the B'nei Noah or Noahides as well, is a term used in Judaism to refer to non-Jews who abide by the Seven Laws of Noah and thus are assured of meriting paradise....
Czeslaw Mroczek
Czeslaw Mroczek

Czeslaw Mroczek is a Poland politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8311 votes in 18 Siedlce district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list....
, posel
Teresa Wargocka, posel
Stefan Zeromski
Stefan Zeromski

Stefan Zeromski was a Poland novelist and dramatist. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature". He also wrote under the pen names: Maurycy Zych, J?zef Katerla and Stefan Iksmorez....
, writer
Writer

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Sources

Co slychac? - weekly magazine ISSN 1425-6185
Web page of City Hall (English)
Web page of County Hall
Web page
Web page of posel Czeslaw Mroczek
Czeslaw Mroczek

Czeslaw Mroczek is a Poland politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 8311 votes in 18 Siedlce district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list....

Books

585 lat Minska Mazowieckiego, red. Janusz Kuligowski, Minsk Mazowiecki, 2006, ISBN 8390693674