Przasnysz
Przasnysz | |
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| Town Hall Town Hall | |
 Flag | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Przasnysz County |
| Gmina | Przasnysz (urban gmina) |
| Established | 13th century |
| Town rights | 1427 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Waldemar Marek Trochimiuk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.16 km2 (9.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 17,069 |
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 06-300 |
| Area code | +48 29 |
| Car plates | WPZ |
| Website | http://www.przasnysz.um.gov.pl |
Przasnysz [Polish pronunciation: ['] ] is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about 110 km north of Warsaw and about 115 km south of Olsztyn, it's the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants (2004). One of the most important towns in Mazovia during Middle Ages. City laws - 1427. Przasnysz is one of the centers of the ethnic Polish region of Kurpie.
Famous people from Przasnysz
- Adam Bień (b. 14 December 1899 - d. 4 March 1998) - Polish resistance leader, imprisoned by the Soviets
- Alfred Borkowski (b. 1930) - doctor and writer
- Stanisław Chełchowski (b. 1866 - zm. 1907) naturalist and ethnographist
- Czesław Czaplicki (b 1922 - d. 2006) - resistance leader
- Stanisław Figielski (b. 1875 - d. 1958) - administrator apostolski i wikariusz generalny diecezji płockiej
- Moisei Freidenberg (1858—1920) — Russian inventor and journalist
- Stefan Gołębiowski (b. 1900 - d. 1991) - translated Horace's poetry into Polish
- Leon Gościcki (b. 1870 - d. 1948) Catholic priest, member of the Rada Stanu
- Aleksander Kakowski (b. 1862 - d. 1938) Archbishop of Warsaw
- Paweł Kostka (b. 1549 - d. 1607) - military leader
- Stanisław Kostka (b. 1550 - d. 1568) - patron of children in the Catholic Church
- Teresa Mieczysława Kowalska (b. 1902 - d. 1941) - nun
- Bernard Kryszkiewicz (b. 1915 - d. 1945) - a Passionist priest
- Józef Stanisław Ostoja-Kotkowski (b. 1922 - d. 1994) - artist
- Kazimierz Rokitnicki (b. 1701 - d. 1779) - bishop of Płock
- Włodzimierz Rykowski (b. 1915 - d. 1988)
- Józef Sawa-Caliński (d. 1771) - one of the leaders of Bar Confederation
- Olgierd Vetesco (b. 1913 - d. 1983) - artist
- Tadeusz Witkowski (b. 1946) - historian of literature and one of leaders of the Polish community in the USA
- Zenon Żebrowski (b. ~1898 - d. 1982) Franciscan priest, architect of Niepokalanów
External links
- ePrzasnysz.pl - Your Virtual City, local news from Przasnysz and district
- Przasnysz city government webpage
- Przasnysz commune government webpage
- Przasnysz on the map, via www.pilot.pl
- webpage about the book "Misjonarze i Barbarzyńcy. Opowieści o codziennym życiu przasnyskiego ogólniaka w latach 1923-2005"
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