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Płońsk [pwɔɲsk] (
listen) (Yiddish: Plonsk) is a town in north-central Poland with 22,258 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, in was in Ciechanów Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is home to a yearly open theatre festival (held in the summer).
[edit] History
Płońsk gained city rights from the prince Siemowit IV of Masovia some time between 1399 and 1412.
[edit] Monuments
The church and the old monastery of Calced Carmelites were founded before 1417 by the prince Siemowit IV of Masovia and his wife Aleksandra, Jogaila's sister.
[edit] Famous people
- David Ben-Gurion - the first Prime Minister of Israel, was born in Płońsk on October 16, 1886.
- Jan Walery Jędrzejewicz - father of Polish spectroscopy, author of the astronomy book called Kosmografia (Cosmology)
- dr Leon Rutkowski - explorer, antropologist and doctor
- Henryk Sienkiewicz - one of the outstanding writers of the second half of the 19th century, spent one year of his life in Poswietne, he wrote his first published novel called Na marne (In Vain).
- Roman Gutkowski - Polish journalist working for Dziennik daily.
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Coordinates: 52°38′N, 20°23′E
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