Siedlce ) is a town in eastern
PolandPoland , 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 exclave, to the north...
with 77,092 inhabitants . Situated in the
Masovian VoivodeshipMasovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies of...
(since 1999), previously the town was the capital of a separate
Siedlce VoivodeshipSiedlce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. Its capital city was Siedlce.-Major cities and towns :...
(1975-1998).
Towns such as Siedlce in the depressed east have now been emptied by large-scale emigration to the West. Statistics show that 14 per cent of employers recently reported labour shortages, compared with 8 per cent in the first quarter of 2004.
The town was most probably founded some time before 15th century and was first mentioned under the name of Siedlecz in a document of 1448.
Siedlce ) is a town in eastern
PolandPoland , 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 exclave, to the north...
with 77,092 inhabitants . Situated in the
Masovian VoivodeshipMasovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies of...
(since 1999), previously the town was the capital of a separate
Siedlce VoivodeshipSiedlce Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. Its capital city was Siedlce.-Major cities and towns :...
(1975-1998).
Towns such as Siedlce in the depressed east have now been emptied by large-scale emigration to the West. Statistics show that 14 per cent of employers recently reported labour shortages, compared with 8 per cent in the first quarter of 2004.
The town was most probably founded some time before 15th century and was first mentioned under the name of Siedlecz in a document of 1448. In 1503 Daniel Siedlecki erected a new village of the same name nearby and a church in the middle. In 1547 the town, created out of a merger of the two villages, was granted
Magdeburg rightsMagdeburg Rights or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with it by a local ruler. Modelled and named after the laws of Magdeburg developed during many centuries of the Holy Roman Empire, it was possibly the most...
by King Sigismund the Old. Until 1807, when it was confiscated by the
Russian authoritiesThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, it remained a private property of several notable
magnateMagnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities...
families, among them
CzartoryskiCzartoryski is the surname of a Polish-Lithuanian magnate family also known as the Familia. They used the Czartoryski Coat of arms and were the leading noble family of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century....
and Ogiński.
Up to the Second World War, like many other cities in Europe, Siedlce had a significant Jewish population: according to Russian census of 1897, out of the total population of 23,700, Jews constituted 11,400 (so around 48% percent).
During the
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
more than 50% of all buildings in the city, including a historical town hall, were destroyed. The Jewish population perished in the Holocaust.
Higher education
Notable secondary schools
People from Siedlce
- Artur Boruc
Artur Boruc is a Polish football player. He is a professional goalkeeper for Celtic and the Polish national football team. On 20 October 2008, Artur Boruc was one of 55 players shortlisted for the FIFPro World XI Player Awards.-In Poland:Boruc began his career in 1998 at Pogoń Siedlce, in his...
- a goalkeeper for Scotish Football Giants Celtic FC
- Lidia Chojecka
Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.97 min *1500 metres - 3:59.22 min...
- a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.
- Agata Wróbel
Agata Wróbel is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category.She took up weightlifting after watching the men compete in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and after learning that women's weightlifting would be an event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.At the...
- weightlifter, 2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 16 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
silver medalist
- Aleksandra Klejnowska
Aleksandra Klejnowska is a Polish weightlifter.She represented Poland at the 2000 Summer Olympics, ranking fifth in the 58 kg category, with a total of 202.5 kg....
- weightlifter
- Bolesław Prus - writer, novelist
- Leon Wyczółkowski - painter
- Bohdan Arct
Bohdan Arct was a Polish fighter pilot of the Polish Air Force in World War II and writer....
- fighter pilotA fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs. Fighters are small, fast, and maneuverable...
, writer
- Vladimir Chelomei
Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey was a Soviet mechanics scientist and rocket engineer.-Early life:Chelomey was born in Siedlce, Russian Empire into a Ukrainian family...
- Soviet Academician and scientist in the field of mechanics and control processes; Designer of missiles, spacecraft, and space stations; Founder and the General Constructor of OKB-52 (now NPO Mashinostroyenia).
Sister cities
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Vawkavysk,
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See also
- Siedlce Department
Siedlce Department was a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1809-1815.Its capital city was Siedlce, and it was further divided onto 9 powiats....
: a unit of administrative division and local government in PolishPoland , 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 exclave, to the north...
Duchy of WarsawThe Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish 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. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...
in years 1806–1815.
- Gdańsk-Siedlce
Gdańsk-Siedlce is one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk, Poland with 17,584 inhabitants .It includes the area around Kartuska street...
- one of the quarters of the city of GdańskGdańsk, also known by its German name Danzig , is a city on the Baltic coast in northern Poland, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area....
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