Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Filipów
Village
Stephen Báthory Square in Filipów
Stephen Báthory Square in Filipów
Filipów is located in Poland
Filipów
Filipów
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 54°10′50″N 22°37′15″E / 54.18056°N 22.62083°E / 54.18056; 22.62083
Country Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship
CountySuwałki
GminaFilipów
Population
 • Total
1,814
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBSU

Filipów[a] is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is in Gmina Filipów.[2]

History

Battle of Filipów

Filipów was granted town rights in 1570 by King Sigismund II Augustus.[3][4] The following year Sigismund II Augustus established a Catholic parish in Filipów.[4] During the Deluge, in 1656, it was the site of the Battle of Filipów between Poles and Swedes.

It was annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, and following its dissolution in 1815, it fell to the Russian Partition of Poland. It lost town status after the January Uprising in 1870.[3]

There was a Jewish Community in Filipów; 75 years after 1939 the community Jewish Torah Scroll was recovered.[5]

Notable people

Notes

  1. ↑ Polish pronunciation: [fiˈlipuf]; Lithuanian: Pilypavas[1]

References

  1. ↑ VLKK 2002.
  2. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  3. 1 2 Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
  4. 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. II. Warszawa. 1881. p. 388.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ A Torah Scroll Hidden in Poland for 75 Years Is Getting a Makeover 10 November 2024" accessed 16 November 2024

Sources


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