Wysokie Mazowieckie

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Wysokie Mazowieckie
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Wysokie Mazowieckie
Coordinates: 52°55′9″N 22°30′52″E / 52.91917°N 22.51444°E / 52.91917; 22.51444
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
County Wysokie Mazowieckie
Gmina urban gmina
Government
 • Mayor Jarosław Siekierko
Area
 • Total 15.24 km2 (5.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 9,257
 • Density 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 18-200
Area code(s) +48 086
Car plates BWM
Website http://www.wysokiemazowieckie.pl

Wysokie Mazowieckie [vɨˈsɔkʲɛ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲɛ] is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 as of 2004.

The Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie had been devastated in World War II. It was restored in 2006 and, protected by a fence, is maintained regularly by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The Jewish cemetery contains a memorial to local Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. On 19 March 2012 vandals spray-painted swastikas and anti-Semitic images and slogans on graves, a Holocaust memorial and the entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie, as what seems to be an anti-Semitic act.[1]

Saint John the Baptist Church

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with:

Notable persons from Wysokie Mazowieckie

References

  1. ↑ "Jewish cemetery in Poland is vandalized". JTA. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 

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Coordinates: 52°55′N 22°31′E / 52.917°N 22.517°E / 52.917; 22.517

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