For other places with the same name, see Ciechanów (disambiguation).
Ciechanów
Coat of arms
Ciechanów
Coordinates: 20°38′E / 52.867, 20.633
Country
Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Ciechanów County
Gmina Ciechanów (urban gmina)
Established 11th century
Town rights 1266
Government
- Mayor Waldemar Wardziński
Area
- Total 32.51 km² (12.6 sq mi)
Highest elevation 200 m (656 ft)
Lowest elevation 150 m (492 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total 45,902
- Density 1,411.9/km² (3,656.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 06-400 to 06-413
Area code(s) +48 023
Car plates WCI
Website: http://www.um.ciechanow.pl
Ciechanów [t͡ɕeˈxanuf] (
listen) is a town in north-central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (2002). It is situated in Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999). It was previously (1975–98) the capital of Ciechanów Voivodeship.
History
Before World War II, it was home to a large Jewish community. 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
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
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ciechanów
- Official homepage
- Architecture of Ciechanow (only in Polish)
- Czas Ciechanowa (Local weekly magazine, local press)
- Discussion forum of city Ciechanów
- Ciechanow website www.ciechanowonline.pl - all you need to know about Ciechanow, including a contemporary gallery of the city
Coordinates: 20°37′E / 52.883, 20.617
Seat: Ciechanów (urban gmina)
Urban-rural gmina
Rural gminas
Gmina Ciechanów • Gmina Gołymin-Ośrodek • Gmina Grudusk • Gmina Ojrzeń • Gmina Opinogóra Górna • Gmina Regimin • Gmina Sońsk
Seat (not part of the gmina)
Ciechanów
Villages
Baby • Baraki Chotumskie • Bardonki • Chotum • Chruszczewo • Gąski • Gołoty • Gorysze • Grędzice • Gumowo • Kanigówek • Kargoszyn • Kownaty Żędowe • Mieszki Wielkie • Mieszki-Atle • Mieszki-Bardony • Mieszki-Różki • Modełka • Modła • Niechodzin • Niestum • Nowa Wieś • Nużewko • Nużewo • Pęchcin • Pieńki Niechodzkie • Przążewo • Romanowo • Ropele • Rutki-Begny • Rutki-Borki • Rutki-Bronisze • Rutki-Głowice • Rutki-Krupy • Rutki-Marszewice • Rutki-Szczepanki • Rydzewo • Rykaczewo • Rzeczki • Ujazdówek • Ujazdowo • Wola Pawłowska • Wólka Rydzewska
