Grajewo

Grajewo
ul. Piłsudskiego in Grajewo
Coat of arms
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Grajewo County
Gmina	Grajewo (urban gmina)
Established	15th century
Town rights	1540
Government
• Mayor	Adam Kiełczewski
Area
• Total	18.93 km2 (7.31 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	22,651
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	19-200
Area code	+48 86
Car plates	BGR
Website	http://www.grajewo.pl

Grajewo [ɡraˈjɛvɔ], is a town in north-eastern Poland with 23,302 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Łomża Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Grajewo County.

Points of interest

Neo-Gothic Church of the Holy Trinity

• Wooden houses from the 19th century
• Classicist chapel of Wilczewski family from 1839 at the cemetery
• Neo-Gothic church of the Holy Trinity from 1882
• Church belfry from 1837
• Tavern from mid 19th century
• Railway station from 1873
• Roadside chapels from mid 19th century
• Building of a local Secondary School from 1931
• The market square from the 18th century

Sports

• Warmia Grajewo - football club

Notable people from Grajewo

• Eliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky - Israeli politician and Religious Zionist activist
• Antoni Karwowski- painter and performance artist
• Elyah Lopian - prominent rabbi
• Maciej Makuszewski - Polish footballer
• Eliyahu Meridor - Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset
• Andrzej Szczytko - Polish film director and actor

External links

Media related to Grajewo at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (Polish)
• Grajewska Plotka (Polish)
• grajewo24.pl (Polish)
• e-grajewo.pl (Polish)
• Grajewo Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Book (Yiddish & English)
• Zapasy Grajewo (Polish)
• Ogłoszenia Grajewo (Polish)