Bielsk Podlaski

Coordinates: 52°46′N 23°12′E / 52.767°N 23.200°E / 52.767; 23.200
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Bielsk Podlaski
Marketplace and historical Baroque town hall
Marketplace and historical Baroque town hall
Car plates
BBI
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://umbielskpodlaski.pl/

Bielsk Podlaski

romanized: Bielsk) is a town in eastern Poland, within Bielsk County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 24,883.[3]

Geography

Bielsk Podlaski is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the Podlasie-Belarus Plateau (Polish: Wysoczyzny Podlasko-Białoruskie) and the mesoregion known as the Bielsk plain (Polish: Równina Bielska).

The town covers an area of 27.01 square kilometres (10.4 sq mi).[2]

Location

It is located approximately 195 kilometres (121.2 mi) northeast of Warsaw, the capital of Poland and 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) southwest of Białystok, the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship.

History

Castle Hill, the site of the former medieval stronghold

Bielsk Podlaski has a long and rich history, dating back to the 12th century, when this area of Poland belonged to

Teutonic Knights
raids, which took place in 1346 and 1379.

In 1382,

Jogaila
, who had become King of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło, handed Bielsk, Suraż, Drohiczyn and Mielnik over to Janusz I.

Due to its convenient location along a merchant route from

vogt
of Bielsko, a man named Andrzej. A number of Poles from Mazovia begin to settle in Podlasie.

Roman Catholic
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Bielsk received its

Land of Bielsko
.

In early summer of 1564, when king Sigismund II Augustus stayed here with Primate Jakub Uchański, to discuss the new Polish-Lithuanian union (see Union of Lublin), the wooden castle of Bielsk burned to the ground, with the king watching the incident from the stables. A new castle for the local starosta was built in Hołowiesko (located within present-day town limits of Bielsk), while the land court was moved to Brańsk.

Following the

starost of Bielsk from 1638) and dedicated to the Mother of God of Mount Carmel. The project was also financed by his wife Elżbieta (Halszka) Słuszczanka (around 1619-1671). The 3rd Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in Bielsk in 1792.[5]

A historical house from 1909. Preserved wooden architecture can still be found in some parts of the town

Following the

Białystok Voivodeship
.

Grave and memorial of 49 Poles massacred by the Germans on 15 July 1943

During the 1939 joint German-Soviet

65th Army.[15]
The town was soon restored to Poland.

Bielsk Podlaski has a rich Jewish history which was wiped out in the Holocaust.[16]

Demographics

Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:

Description All Women Men
Unit person percentage person percentage person percentage
Population[3] 24719 100 12911 52.2% 11808 47.8%
Population density[4] 915.2 478.0 437.2

1897 census

The most spoken languages in Bielsk Podlaski according to the

Russian Imperial Census of 1897:[17]

Language Population Proportion
Jewish
 4,064 54.45%
Russian 1,499 20.08%
Polish 1,006 13.48%
Ukrainian 556 7.45%
Belarusian 244 3.27%
German 58 0.78%
Other 37 0.5%
Total 7,464 100.00%

Municipal government

Bielsk Podlaski (Town) in Bielsk County

Executive branch

The chief executive of the government is the mayor (Polish: Burmistrz). As of 2022, the mayor of Bielsk Podlaski is Jarosław Bobrowski.[1]

Legislative branch

The legislative portion of the government is the council (Polish: Rada), composed of the president (Polish: Przewodniczący), the vice president (Polish: Wiceprzewodniczący) and thirteen councilors.

Neighbouring political subdivisions

Bielsk Podlaski (town) is bordered by Gmina Bielsk Podlaski. The town is the seat of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, although it is not a part of it.

Climate

The region has a continental climate which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters. The average amount of rainfall during the year exceeds 550 millimetres (21.7 in).

Climate data for Bielsk Podlaski
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −3
(29) 		−3
(31) 		4
(40) 		11
(52) 		17
(63) 		20
(68) 		21
(70) 		21
(70) 		16
(61) 		11
(51) 		4
(39) 		1
(33) 		11
(51)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6
(21) 		−6
(21) 		−2
(28) 		2
(35) 		7
(45) 		10
(50) 		12
(54) 		11
(52) 		8
(46) 		4
(39) 		0
(32) 		−4
(25) 		3
(37)
Source: Weatherbase[18]

Transport

Roads

Bielsk Podlaski is at the intersection of two national roads and a voivodeship road:

Sports

The main sports club of the town is Tur Bielsk Podlaski [pl] with basketball and football sections.

International relations

Twin town sign in Bielsk Podlaski
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns - sister cities

Bielsk Podlaski is

twinned with:[19]

Notable people

A wooden inn called Słuszna near the marketplace and town hall

Gallery

  • Catholic Basilica of Saints Mary and Nicholas
    Catholic Basilica of Saints Mary and Nicholas
  • Orthodox church of the Assumption of the Archangel Michael
    Orthodox church of the Assumption of the Archangel Michael
  • Orthodox Cathedral of the Lord's Resurrection
    Orthodox Cathedral of the Lord's Resurrection
  • Former monastic building complex. Now the School of Music
    Former monastic building complex. Now the School of Music
  • Former monastic building complex. Now the School of Music
    Former monastic building complex. Now the School of Music
  • Iconographic school in Bielsk Podlaski
    Iconographic school in Bielsk Podlaski
  • House of Culture
    House of Culture

References

  1. ^ a b "Burmistrz". bip.um.bielsk.wrotapodlasia.pl (in Polish). Bulletin of Public Information of Bielsk Podlaski City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 7 September 2022. Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 2003011.
  3. ^ a b c "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 7 September 2022. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 2003011.
  4. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 7 September 2022. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 2003011.
  5. ^ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 8.
  6. ^ Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim (in Polish). Białystok: Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami Oddział Białystok. 2013. p. 15.
  7. ^ Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim, p. 13–14
  8. ^ Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim, p. 14
  9. ^ Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim, p. 16
  10. ^ Katalog miejsc pamięci powstania styczniowego w województwie podlaskim, p. 22
  11. ^ "Straf- bzw. Arbeitserziehungslager Bielsk Podlaski". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. ^ Jedwabne and Beyond, edited by Pawła Machcewicza and Krzysztofa Persaka / Wokół Jedwabnego, pod redakcją Pawła Machcewicza i Krzysztofa Persaka. Warszawa: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. 2002. p. 496.
  13. ^ "Deportatitions to Treblinka". jewishgen.org. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  14. ISBN 9780253062888. Retrieved 20 June 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
    )
  15. ISSN 1427-7476
    .
  16. ^ Andrew Blumberg, Bielsk Podlaski JewishGen KehilaLinks 2022 and Bielsk-Podliask: Book in the Holy Memory of the Bielsk-Podliask Jews Whose Lives Were Taken During the Holocaust Between 1939 and 1944 (Bielsk-Podlaski, Poland) 1975
  17. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России". Демоскоп Weekly. (in Russian)
  18. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Bielsk Podlaski, Poland". Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  19. ^ "Miasta partnerskie". umbielskpodlaski.pl (in Polish). Bielsk Podlaski. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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