| Main | Births etc |
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Ciechanowiec | |||
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| Country |
 Poland | ||
| County | Wysokie Mazowieckie | ||
| Gmina | Ciechanowiec | ||
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• Total |
26.01 km2 (10.04 sq mi) | ||
Ciechanowiec ([t͡ɕɛxaˈnɔvʲɛt͡s], Yiddish: טשעכֿאַנאָװיץ Tshekhanovits, Čechanovic, Hebrew: ציחנוביץ, Russian: Цехановец Cechanovec) is a small town in Wysoczyzna Drohiczyńska, Gmina Ciechanowiec, Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland.
Alternate names used in the past or currently include Tshekhanovits Yiddish, Tsekhanovets Russian, Chechanovitz, Chekhanovits, Chekhanovitse, Rudelstadt and Tsikhanovits.[1]
Geography[]
Ciechanowiec is located in eastern Poland about 130 km (81 mi) northeast from Warsaw and around 80 km (50 mi) west from the Białowieża Forest in the Territory of Preserved Landscape of the Valley of the Bug and Nurzec Rivers. The Nurzec River divides the town into two parts: the Left Side and the Right Side.
History[]
Before the beginning of World War II, 55% of the town's inhabitants had been Jews. During the war they were almost all killed in Treblinka concentration camp.
Jewish family names like Ciechanowiec, Ciechanowiecki, Ciechanowicz, Ciechanowski are originating from this town.
Monuments[]
- The Holy Trinity Church
- The monastery-hospital complex
- The Lord’s Ascension Orthodox Church
- The Mansion-Park Complex
- Mazowiecko-Podlaski Open-Air Museum of Agriculture
People[]
- Alexander Chizhevsky
- Jan Krzysztof Kluk
- Benjamin Mazar
References[]
- ^ JewishGen Locality Page - Ciechanowiec, Poland, from Museum of Jewish Heritage.
External links[]
- Ciechanowiec Online
- JewishGen Locality Page - Ciechanowiec, Poland from Museum of Jewish Heritage.
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