Terespol

Coordinates: 52°4′35.87″N 23°36′57.86″E / 52.0766306°N 23.6160722°E / 52.0766306; 23.6160722
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Not to be confused with Tiraspol.
See also: Terespol, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Terespol
Terespol local government building
Terespol local government building
Car plates
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Websitewww.terespol.pl
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Terespol (Polish:

Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus
. It has 5,794 inhabitants as of 2014.

Overview

Since 1999 Terespol has been within

Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. Between 1975 and 1998 it belonged to Biała Podlaska Voivodeship. The town is a busy border crossing between Poland and Belarus on the European route E30 which links Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow. Another crossing into Brest is located at Kukuryki northwest of Terespol. There was also a local train between Brest and Terespol. It comes 3 times a day. The trip took 18 minutes and was a very comfortable way of crossing border between Belarus and Poland
. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the train was cancelled at the beginning of 2020 and has been suspended for an indefinite period.

Terespol features in a novel by the Yiddish Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Family Moskat (1950), in which the young protagonist, Asa Heshel Bennet, comes to Warsaw from his hometown of Terespol Minor to study.

History

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18974,107—    
19103,487−15.1%
19211,919−45.0%
19312,308+20.3%
19392,570+11.4%
19503,416+32.9%
19603,832+12.2%
20105,901+54.0%
Source: [2][3]

The town of Terespol is located in the spot of a village called Błotków or Błotkowo, which existed in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1512, this area became property of a nobleman called Iwan

Brześć Litewski (Brest), the settlement prospered. During Swedish invasion of Poland
(1655–1660), Błotków together with the palace were ransacked and burned to the ground by Swedish soldiers.

In the second half of the 17th century, Błotków with its ruined palace was purchased by

Czartoryski family. Later on the town passed to the Czartoryski family.[4][5]

Opening of a new Catholic church in Terespol in 1906

After the

a railroad to Warsaw was completed; in 1870, it was extended to Brest. As a result of Russian discriminatory regulations the town saw a large influx of Jews
, who then became the town's largest ethnic group.

In 1915, all residents living within 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the fortress were forcibly resettled into Russia, and during the evacuation, the town was ransacked and burned. Terespol was reintegrated with Poland, after the country regained independence in 1918. In the Second Polish Republic Terespol was part of the Lublin Voivodeship.

Old communist-era passport exit stamp from Terespol into Brest

During

prisoners of war in Terespol.[5] Terespol became a border town after the Soviet Union annexed former eastern territories of Poland
.

Climate

Terespol has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) using the −3 °C (27 °F) isotherm or a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) using the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm.[6][7]

Climate data for Terespol (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1955–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 11.6
(52.9) 		16.8
(62.2) 		22.3
(72.1) 		30.3
(86.5) 		32.0
(89.6) 		34.4
(93.9) 		36.2
(97.2) 		36.2
(97.2) 		34.5
(94.1) 		26.3
(79.3) 		19.1
(66.4) 		14.5
(58.1) 		36.2
(97.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2) 		1.7
(35.1) 		6.9
(44.4) 		14.3
(57.7) 		19.9
(67.8) 		23.1
(73.6) 		25.2
(77.4) 		24.7
(76.5) 		19.0
(66.2) 		12.6
(54.7) 		6.0
(42.8) 		1.5
(34.7) 		12.9
(55.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.4
(27.7) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		2.5
(36.5) 		8.9
(48.0) 		14.0
(57.2) 		17.3
(63.1) 		19.3
(66.7) 		18.5
(65.3) 		13.4
(56.1) 		8.1
(46.6) 		3.2
(37.8) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		8.4
(47.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −5.0
(23.0) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		3.5
(38.3) 		8.2
(46.8) 		11.4
(52.5) 		13.5
(56.3) 		12.4
(54.3) 		8.3
(46.9) 		4.2
(39.6) 		0.7
(33.3) 		−3.4
(25.9) 		4.0
(39.2)
Record low °C (°F) −34.3
(−29.7) 		−29.1
(−20.4) 		−24.5
(−12.1) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		3.6
(38.5) 		1.3
(34.3) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−9.9
(14.2) 		−20.0
(−4.0) 		−26.4
(−15.5) 		−34.3
(−29.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 29.9
(1.18) 		27.3
(1.07) 		30.0
(1.18) 		36.1
(1.42) 		60.5
(2.38) 		43.0
(1.69) 		34.0
(1.34) 		37.7
(1.48) 		52.8
(2.08) 		37.8
(1.49) 		33.2
(1.31) 		32.6
(1.28) 		455.0
(17.91)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) 8.0
(3.1) 		9.1
(3.6) 		6.1
(2.4) 		1.3
(0.5) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.3
(0.1) 		3.7
(1.5) 		5.6
(2.2) 		9.1
(3.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 16.57 14.98 14.33 11.50 12.97 13.10 13.93 10.60 12.03 13.10 14.87 16.67 164.64
Average snowy days (≥ 0 cm) 18.1 16.7 8.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 4.8 13.5 62.9
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		86.9 84.0 77.0 69.1 70.7 72.4 73.8 74.2 79.8 83.2 88.0 88.8 79.0
Mean monthly sunshine hours 43.2 64.1 128.0 192.8 260.7 270.4 271.9 264.6 170.0 110.2 48.4 35.9 1,860.2
Source 1: Institute of Meteorology and Water Management[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Source 2: Meteomodel.pl (records, relative humidity 1991–2020)[16][17][18]

Sights

Around Terespol one can find some of the old fortifications that were once part of the Brest Fortress. In Terespol there is a former powder magazine of the fortress. Other sights include the 19th-century monument to the construction of the highway connecting Warsaw with nearby Brest, and modern monuments: the Independence Monument and the Tadeusz Kościuszko monument.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns – Sister cities

Terespol is

twinned
with:

Gallery

  • Train station in Terespol
    Train station in Terespol
  • Independence Monument
    Independence Monument
  • Eastern Orthodox church of Holy Apostle Jan Teolog
    Eastern Orthodox church of Holy Apostle Jan Teolog
  • Catholic church of the Holy Trinity
    Catholic church of the Holy Trinity
  • Monument to the construction of the Brest Highway (from Warsaw to Brest)
    Monument to the construction of the Brest Highway (from Warsaw to Brest)
  • Terespol border checkpoint
    Terespol border checkpoint

References

  1. ^ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2015 Archived 2016-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 52.
  3. ^ Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 307.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b "Terespol". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130
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  7. ISSN 1027-5606
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  8. ^ "Średnia dobowa temperatura powietrza". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Średnia minimalna temperatura powietrza". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Średnia maksymalna temperatura powietrza". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Miesięczna suma opadu". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Liczba dni z opadem >= 0,1 mm". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Średnia grubość pokrywy śnieżnej". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Liczba dni z pokrywą śnieżna > 0 cm". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Średnia suma usłonecznienia (h)". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Terespol Absolutna temperatura maksymalna" (in Polish). Meteomodel.pl. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Terespol Absolutna temperatura minimalna" (in Polish). Meteomodel.pl. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Terespol Średnia wilgotność" (in Polish). Meteomodel.pl. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  19. ^ Побратимские связи г. Бреста. Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • Media related to Terespol at Wikimedia Commons
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