Gmina Stawiski

Gmina Stawiski
Stawiski Commune
Gmina

Coat of arms

Gmina Stawiski within the Kolno County
Coordinates (Stawiski): 53°22′N 22°9′E / 53.367°N 22.150°E / 53.367; 22.150Coordinates: 53°22′N 22°9′E / 53.367°N 22.150°E / 53.367; 22.150
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
County Kolno
Seat Stawiski
Area
 • Total 165.55 km2 (63.92 sq mi)
Population (2011[1])
 • Total 6,540
 • Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Urban 2,441
 • Rural 4,099
Website http://www.stawiski.pl

Gmina Stawiski is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Stawiski, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Kolno and 74 km (46 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 165.55 square kilometres (63.9 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,572 (out of which the population of Stawiski amounts to 2,442, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,130).

Villages

Apart from the town of Stawiski, Gmina Stawiski contains the villages and settlements of Barzykowo, Budy Poryckie, Budy Stawiskie, Budziski, Cedry, Chmielewo, Cwaliny, Dąbrowa, Dzięgiele, Dzierzbia, Grabówek, Hipolitowo, Ignacewo, Jewilin, Jurzec Szlachecki, Jurzec Włościański, Karwowo, Kuczyny, Lisy, Łojewek, Michny, Mieczki-Sucholaszczki, Mieszołki, Poryte, Poryte Małe, Poryte Szlacheckie, Poryte Włościańskie, Ramoty, Rogale, Romany, Rostki, Skroda Mała, Sokoły, Tafiły, Wilczewo, Wysokie Duże, Wysokie Małe, Zabiele, Zaborowo, Zalesie and Żelazki.

Effects of the Holocaust

Before the Second World War, about 2,000 Jews lived in Stawiski[2]. In 1939, The German army overran the area, and began the persecution of Jews. However, per the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the area was assigned to the Soviet Union.

On June 22, 1941 the German Army retook Stawiski, with heavy bombardment, killing many civilians. Within a week the Jewish population were being killed by mobs, culminating in a riot in early July. In August, German troops exterminated every Jewish person unable to work. About 500 were killed during this period. The remaining population were organized into a ghetto, where they worked as slaves to support the war effort.

On November 2, 1942, the ghetto was liquidated, and the Jewish people were removed to the Bogusze prison camp. On December 15, the surviving people were relocated to the Treblinka, Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps, where virtually all of the remaining Jews of Stawiski died.

Of the 2,000 Jewish people in Stawiski, only 10 documented survivors remained at the war's end.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Stawiski is bordered by the gminas of Grabowo, Jedwabne, Kolno, Mały Płock, Piątnica and Przytuły.

References

  1. ↑ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2012
  2. ↑ Chaim Wilamowski (15 April 2002). "For These do we Weep". JewishGen.org. Retrieved 9 June 2017.


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