Wysokie Mazowieckie

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Place in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Wysokie Mazowieckie

Saint John the Baptist and All Saints church in Wysokie Mazowieckie

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Wysokie Mazowieckie

Coordinates: 52°55′9″N 22°30′52″E﻿ / ﻿52.91917°N 22.51444°E﻿ / 52.91917; 22.51444
Country|  Poland
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| +48 086
Car plates| BWM
Website| wysokiemazowieckie.pl

Wysokie Mazowieckie ([vɨˈsɔkʲɛ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲɛ]; Yiddish: וויסאקע-מאזאוויעצק, romanized: Visoka-Mazovietzk) is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship.[2] It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 as of 2005[update].

## History

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Dedication of the banner of the Polish Military Organization in 1932

Wysokie was founded by Polish settlers from nearby Mazovia in the Middle Ages.[3] It was a royal settlement, and in 1469 the first parish church was founded.[3] In 1503, Alexander Jagiellon granted Magdeburg town rights, confirmed previous laws, and granted brewing rights to the townspeople.[3] Later, it became a private town of various Polish nobles, including the Potocki and Piotrowski families,[3] administratively located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. King Stanisław August Poniatowski established four annual fairs thanks to efforts of Andrzej Piotrowski.[3]

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, then by Germany until 1944.

## Economy

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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

## Jewish cemetery

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Holocaust memorial

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.[4]

## Sport

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* Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie \- Polish football club

## International relations

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

### Twin towns – Sister cities

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Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with:

* Alpiarça, Portugal
* Maišiagala, Lithuania
* Vysokaye, Belarus

## Notable persons from Wysokie Mazowieckie

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* Jerzy Barycki (born 1949 in Wysokie Mazowieckie), Polish-Canadian water resources engineer and civic activist
* Jacek Bogucki (born 1959 in Wysokie Mazowieckie), Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 with 7,189 votes in 24 Białystok district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list.
* Wojciech Borzuchowski (born 1961 in Wysokie Mazowieckie), Polish politician, a member of Law and Justice party until 2007, when he joined the Polish People's Party. He was elected to Sejm on 25 September 2001 and served until 2005.
* Jacob Burck (1907–1982), Polish-born Jewish-American painter, sculptor, and award-winning editorial cartoonist. Active in the Communist movement from 1926 as a political cartoonist and muralist, Burck quit the Communist Party after a visit to the Soviet Union in 1936, deeply offended by political demands there to manipulate his work.
* Przemysław Czajkowski (born 1988 in Wysokie Mazowieckie), Polish athlete specializing in the discus throw. His personal best in the event is 65.61 meters, achieved in 2012 in Łódź.
* Jan Stanisław Jankowski (1882–1953; noms de guerre Doktor, Jan, Klonowski, Sobolewski, Soból), Polish politician, an important figure in the Polish civil resistance during World War II and a Government Delegate at Home. Arrested by the NKVD, he was sentenced in the Trial of the Sixteen and murdered in a Soviet prison.
* Kazimierz Kamieński (nom de guerre "Gryf" and "Huzar"; 1919–1953), Polish Army officer, commander in the underground Polish Home Army (AK), ROAK and the anti-communist organization Freedom and Independence (WiN). He was one of the longest fighting soldiers of the Polish anti-Communist resistance after World War II.
* Jan Kucharzewski (1876–1952), Polish historian, lawyer, and politician. He was the prime minister of Poland from 1917 to 1918.
* Łukasz Załuska (born 1982), Polish professional football goalkeeper.

## References

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1. ^ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2014 Archived 20 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
3. ^ a b c d e Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIV (in Polish). Warszawa. 1895. pp. 138–139.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. ^ "Jewish cemetery in Poland is vandalized". JTA. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

## External links

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* 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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