Jedlińsk
Jedlińsk | ||
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Village | ||
Country  Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Masovian | |
| County | Radom | |
| Gmina | Jedlińsk | |
| Population (approx.) | ||
| • Total | 1,700 | |
| Website | http://www.jedlinsk.pl | |
Jedlińsk [ˈjɛdliɲsk] is a village in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jedlińsk.[1] It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north of Radom and 79 km (49 mi) south of Warsaw along the E77 Highway.
Jedlińsk gained town privileges in 1530. These were revoked in 1869, while it was part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland. Its name comes from pine trees (Polish: jodly), which were abundant in the area in the Middle Ages.
History
Jedlińsk was granted town charter in the year 1530, upon an order of King
Calvinist prayer house, together with a school, which competed with the famous Racovian Academy (see also Polish Brethren). The school existed in 1560–1630, and in that period, Jedlińsk attracted many Scottish
Calvinists, who founded a bell for the prayer house (the bell still exists).
In 1630 – 1669, Jedlińsk belonged to the Witowski family, and was part of
Polish–Austrian War. In 1815 – 1915, Jedlińsk belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland, and the Russians stripped it of the town charter in 1869, as a punishment for the January Uprising
. In 1890, the village burned in a fire. Jedlińsk has a parish church, which was destroyed by the Swedes in 1655, and remodelled in 1752.
In
Holocaust.[3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
- ISBN 1-56324-463-2.
External links
- Jewish Community in Jedlińsk on Virtual Shtetl
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