Miastkowo
Miastkowo [mjastˈkɔvɔ] is a village in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miastkowo. It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Łomża and 91 km (57 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.
Miastkowo | |
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Village | |
Primary school (on the right) and Our Lady of the Rosary church (on the left) | |
Miastkowo | |
| Coordinates: 53°10′N 21°49′E / 53.167°N 21.817°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Łomża |
| Gmina | Miastkowo |
| Population | 1,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | BLM |
| National roads | |
| Voivodeship roads | |
| Website | www.miastkowo.pl |
History edit
Miastkowo was mentioned in 1413 as the seat of the Miastkowski noble family.[2] A church and parish were founded in 1451 by Dukes from the Masovian line of the Polish Piast dynasty.[2] In 1827, the village had a population of 270.[2] There are graves of Polish troops killed in the Polish–Soviet War in 1920 at the local cemetery.[3]
During World War II, the settlement was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941, and by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. The Germans operated a penal forced labour camp in the village.[4] Its prisoners were mostly inhabitants of Miastkowo and nearby villages.[5] During the Holocaust, local Pole Józef Dąbkowski managed to hide and rescue nine Jews from the Germans.[6]
Notable people edit
- Marian Oleś (1934–2005), Polish priest and apostolic nuncio
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1885. p. 289.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Kowalski, Andrzej (1995). "Miejsca pamięci związane z Bitwą Warszawską 1920 r.". Niepodległość i Pamięć (in Polish) (2/2 (3)). Muzeum Niepodległości w Warszawie: 141. ISSN 1427-1443.
- ^ Sędziak, Zdzisław (2000). "Eksploatacja ludności regionu łomżyńskiego przez pracę na rzecz III Rzeszy". Studia Łomżyńskie (in Polish). No. 11. pp. 206–207.
- ^ Sędziak, p. 206
- ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. p. 55.