Ciechanów

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

Ciechanów
Castle of the Mazovian Dukes
Coat of arms
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Ciechanów County
Gmina	Ciechanów (urban gmina)
Established	11th century
Town rights	1400
Government
• Mayor	Waldemar Wardziński
Area
• Total	32.51 km2 (12.55 sq mi)
Highest elevation	151 m (495 ft)
Lowest elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	45,902
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	06-400 to 06-413
Area code	+48 023
Car plates	WCI
Website	http://www.um.ciechanow.pl

Ciechanów [t͡ɕɛˈxanuf] is a town in north-central Poland with 45,900 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999). It was previously (1975–98) the capital of Ciechanów Voivodeship.

History

The grad numbered approximately 3,000 armed men.

The settlement is first mentioned in a 1065 document by Bolesław II the Bold handing the land over to the church. In 1254, Ciechanów is mentioned as the seat of a castellany (Rethiborius Castellanus de Techanow (Racibor, Kasztelan Ciechanowa)). In 1400 Janusz I of Czersk granted Ciechanów town privileges. The area eventually become a separate duchy with Casimir I of Warsaw using the title "dominus et heres lub dominus et princeps Ciechanoviensis." By the 14th-15th centuries, the town's population reached 5,000. In the early 20th century, there were just under 12,000 inhabitants.

Before World War II, it was home to a large Jewish community but during the Nazi occupation, in the winter of 1942, the majority of the Jewish commuity were transported to the Red Forest north of the town and murdered by gunfire. During the war many Polish Jews and resistance fighters were executed by the Germans in the castle. The town was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1939 and known as Zichenau in German. It was the capital of Regierungsbezirk Zichenau, a subdivision of the Province of East Prussia. The territory was restored to Poland after the war.

Monuments

• Castle of the Mazovian Dukes from 14th century.
• Farska Hill – fortifiled settlement from 7th century with Neo Gothic belfry from 19th century
• Parish church - Late Gothic object from 16th century.
• Former Monastery church from 16th century and 18th century
• Town Hall from 19th century
• Parish cemetery functioned since 1828.
• Hyperboloid water tower, built in 1972

Education

• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
• Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Zarządzania

Famous people

• Doda
• Mieczysław Jagielski
• Maria Konopnicka
• Zygmunt Krasiński
• Ignacy Mościcki
• Roza Robota
• Zbigniew Siemiątkowski
• Maria Skłodowska-Curie
• Aleksander Świętochowski
• Stefan Żeromski
• Kasia Struss

References

• Andrzej Rzeplinński

External links

• Wojciech Górczyk, Ciechanów – zarys dziejów do XV w., Kultura i Historia, Uniwersytet Marii Curie Skłodowskiej w lublinie,19/2011, ISSN 1642-9826
• Official homepage
• Architecture of Ciechanow (only in Polish)
• Czas Ciechanowa (Local weekly magazine, local press)
• Jewish Community in Ciechanów on Virtual Shtetl
• Forum of city Ciechanów
• Ciechanow website www.ciechanowonline.pl - all you need to know about Ciechanow, including a contemporary gallery of the city
• Site dedicated to preserving the memory of Ciechanów's Jewish community, including an English translation of the memorial book
• Website of Ciechanow City www.eciechanow.pl - you can find here many news from City, History of Ciechanow, Information where you can eat, sleep and dance.
• Castle of the Dukes of Mazovia in Ciechanów (en)
• Museum of the Mazovian Nobility (en)