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Siedlce (['ɕȋedlʦε] ) (Yiddish: שעדליץ Shedlits) is a town in eastern Poland with 77,092 inhabitants (as of 2005). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the town was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975-1998). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (539x651, 28 KB) Herb Siedlec Coat of Arms of Siedlce source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (539x651, 28 KB) Herb Siedlec Coat of Arms of Siedlce source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Siedlce. ... Yiddish (Yid. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Geographical characteristics Area 35,579 km² Land km² Water km² Population Total (2003) 5,136,000 Density 144. ... Siedlce Voivodeship Siedlce Voivodeship (Polish: województwo siedleckie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. ...


The town was most probably founded some time before 15th century and was first mentioned under the name of Siedlecz in a document of 1448. In 1503 Daniel Siedlecki erected a new village of the same name nearby and a church in the middle. In 1547 the town, created out of a merger of the two villages, was granted Magdeburg rights by King Sigismund the Old. Until 1807, when it was confiscated by the Russian authorities, it remained a private property of several notable magnate families, among them Czartoryski and Ogiński. During the World War II more than 50% of all buildings in the city, including a historical town hall, were destroyed. Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... Year 1503 (MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1547 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... The Magdeburg Rights (or Magdeburg law) were a set of city laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with it by a local ruler. ... Reign From December 8, 1506 until April 1, 1548 Coronation On January 24, 1507 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Katarzyna Telniczanka Barbara Zapolya Bona Sforza Children with Katarzyna Telniczanka Jan Regina Katarzyna with Barbara... Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Anthem God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Moscow Language(s) Russian Religion Russian Orthodoxy Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721–1725 Peter the Great  - 1894–1917 Nicholas II History  - Accession of Peter I May 7, 1682 NS, April 27, 1682 OS²  - Empire proclaimed October 22, 1721 NS, October... Polish Magnate (17th century) Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus great, designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities. ... Czartoryski is the surname of a Polish szlachta ( gentry) family (also known as the Familia Czartoryskich). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 939 KB) Picture taken in Siedlce, Poland, 2005 © 2005 by Janusz Jurzyk, Janusz J. File links The following pages link to this file: Siedlce ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 939 KB) Picture taken in Siedlce, Poland, 2005 © 2005 by Janusz Jurzyk, Janusz J. File links The following pages link to this file: Siedlce ...

Education

  • Akademia Podlaska
  • Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania
  • Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne

People from Siedlce

Artur Boruc (IPA pronunciation: ; born February 20, 1980 in Siedlce) is a Polish football player. ... Celtic Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced sel-tic) or the Bhoys, are one of the worlds most famous football clubs. ... Lidia Chojecka (born January 25, 1977 in Siedlce) is a Polish middle distance runner. ...

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Siedlce Department (Polish: Departament siedlecki) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806-1815. ... Coat of arms Map of the Duchy of Warsaw after 1809. ... GdaÅ„sk-Siedlce is one of the quarters of the city of GdaÅ„sk, Poland with 17,584 inhabitants (area 2. ... GdaÅ„sk ( ; IPA: ), also known by its German name Danzig ( ) and several other names, is the sixth-largest city in Poland and is Polands principal seaport and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

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  • City Siedlce (in Polish)

Coordinates: 52°11′N, 22°17′E
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