Glinojeck
Appearance
Glinojeck | |
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![]() Church of Christ the Redeemer | |
Coordinates: 52°49′N 20°17′E / 52.817°N 20.283°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Masovian |
County | Ciechanów |
Gmina | Glinojeck |
Established | 15th century |
Town rights | 1993 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Łukasz Kapczyński |
Area | |
• Total | 7.37 km2 (2.85 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 3,052 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 06-450 |
Area code | +48 23 |
Car plates | WCI |
National roads | ![]() |
Website | http://www.glinojeck.net/ |
Glinojeck [ɡlʲiˈnɔjɛt͡sk] is a town in Poland, with 3,087 inhabitants (2004).
History
[edit]A sugar refinery was founded in a Glinojeck in 1858.[1]
During the German occupation (World War II), disabled people from Glinojeck were murdered by the Germans in a massacre carried out in February 1940 in the nearby village of Ościsłowo.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 590.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 236.