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| Coordinates: 52°9′54″N 22°16′17″E / 52.165°N 22.27139°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Masovian | ||
| County | City county | ||
| Established | 1448 | ||
| Town rights | 1547 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Wojciech Kudelski | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 32 km2 (12.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 77,047 | ||
| - Density | 2,407.7/km2 (6,236/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 08-100 to 08-119 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 025 | ||
| Car plates | WS | ||
| Website | http://www.siedlce.pl/ | ||
Siedlce [ˈɕɛdlt͡sɛ] (
listen) (Yiddish: שעדליץ Shedlits, Russian: Sedlets (Latinized)) is a town in eastern Poland with 77,092 inhabitants (as of 2005[update]). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the town was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Towns such as Siedlce in the depressed east have now been emptied by large-scale emigration to the West. Statistics show that 14 per cent of employers recently reported labour shortages, compared with 8 per cent in the first quarter of 2004.
The town, which is part of the historical province of Lesser Poland, was most probably founded some time before 15th century and was first mentioned under the name of Siedlecz in a document of 1448. In 1503 Daniel Siedlecki erected a new village of the same name nearby and a church in the middle. In 1547 the town, created out of a merger of the two villages, was granted Magdeburg rights by King Sigismund the Old. Until 1807, when it was confiscated by the Russian authorities, it remained a private property of several notable magnate families, among them Czartoryski and Ogiński.
Up to the Second World War, like many other cities in Europe, Siedlce had a significant Jewish population: according to Russian census of 1897, out of the total population of 23,700, Jews constituted 11,400 (so around 48% percent).[1]
During the World War II more than 50% of all buildings in the city, including a historical town hall, were destroyed. The Jewish population perished in the Holocaust.
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Education
Higher education
- Akademia Podlaska (University of Podlasie)
- Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych (Foreign Languages Teachers' College) granting diplomas of the University of Warsaw
- Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania (The College of Finance and Management)
- Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne (Theological seminary)
- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Health Sciences
Notable secondary schools
- I LO im. Bolesława Prusa (Bolesław Prus Grammar School)
- II LO im. Św. Królowej Jadwigi (St. Queen Jadwiga Grammar School)
- Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych nr 1 im. Stanisława Staszica (Stanisław Staszic Grammar School)
People from Siedlce
- Artur Boruc - a goalkeeper for Scotish Football Giants Celtic FC
- Lidia Chojecka - a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.
- Agata Wróbel - weightlifter, 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist
- Aleksandra Klejnowska - weightlifter
- Bolesław Prus - writer, novelist
- Leon Wyczółkowski - painter
- Bohdan Arct - fighter pilot, writer
- Vladimir Chelomei - Soviet Academician and scientist in the field of mechanics and control processes; Designer of missiles, spacecraft, and space stations; Founder and the General Constructor of OKB-52 (now NPO Mashinostroyenia).
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Siedlce is twinned with:
Berdychiv, Ukraine
Dasing, Germany
Kirov, Russia
Pescantina, Italy
Sabinov, Slovakia
Vawkavysk, Belarus
Vilnius Region, Lithuania
Gallery
 City hall |
 The District Court |
 The Post Office |
 City hall |
 St. Stanislas Church |
 Kiliński Street |
See also
- Siedlce Department (Polish: Departament Siedlecki): a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806–1815.
- Gdańsk-Siedlce - one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk.
Notes
- ^ Joshua D. Zimmerman, Poles, Jews, and the politics of nationality, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004, ISBN 0299194647, Google Print, p.16
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Siedlce |
- Official Siedlce website (English)
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