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Tykocin
Sign in to saveTykocin (; ) is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants (2012), located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with its historic center designated a Historic Monument of Poland.
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Tykocin is a city in Poland, situated within the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It serves as the capital of the Gmina Tykocin administrative district. The town is located in the Podlasie region and has a population of 1,980, comprising 924 males and 993 females. Its postal code is 16-080, and it operates in the Europe/Warsaw timezone.
The city’s elevation is recorded at 119 meters. It is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. Tykocin is distinct from the surrounding Gmina Tykocin.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tykocin
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 1,907
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tykocin
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tykocin z lotu ptaka.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of the town centre
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Tykocin COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Tykocin flag.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Białystok
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tykocin
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mariusz Dudziński
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 11th century
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
See
In Tykocin there are over 100 historic buildings. The oldest urban complex of historical Podlasie with preserved layout characteristic for the Jewish town. One of the largest pre-war centers of Jewish culture in Poland. Baroque Market Square with a hospital from 1755 Bernardine monastery
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Early modern era
- Late modern era and recent times
- Points of interest
- Transport
- Notable individuals
- References
- External links
Tykocin (; ) is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants (2012), located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with its historic center designated a Historic Monument of Poland.
== History == ===Middle Ages=== The name of Tykocin was first mentioned in the 11th century. Through the 14th century, it was a castellany in the Duchy of Masovia on the border with pagan Lithuania. Tykocin received its city rights from prince Janusz I of Warsaw in 1425, but several months later, the settlement was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (within the Polish-Lithuanian Union) by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło. Shortly later, in around 1433, Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis gave the town along with other surrounding villages to Jonas Gostautas, and it became the most important seat of the Lithuanian Gostautai noble family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tykocin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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