Ciechanów is a city in north-central
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. From 1975 to 1998, it was the
capital
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of the
Ciechanów Voivodeship
Ciechanów Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by the Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Ciechanów.
Major cities and towns (population in 1995)
* Ciec ...
. Since 1999, it has been situated in the
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...
. As of December 2021, it has a population of 43,495.
History
The settlement is first mentioned in a 1065 document by
Bolesław II the Bold Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to:
In people:
* Boleslaw (given name)
In geography:
* Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
* Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
* Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship, ...
handing the land over to the church. The medieval
gord in Ciechanów numbered approximately 3,000 armed men, and together with the region of
Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia ( pl, Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the unofficial capital and largest city. Throughout the centurie ...
, it became part of the emerging Polish state in the late 10th century.
![Baszta zamku w Ciechanowie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Baszta_zamku_w_Ciechanowie.jpg)
In 1254, Ciechanów is mentioned as the seat of a
castellan
A castellan is the title used in Medieval Europe for an appointed official, a governor of a castle and its surrounding territory referred to as the castellany. The title of ''governor'' is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant o ...
y (Rethiborius Castellanus de Techanow (Racibor, Kasztelan Ciechanowa)). In 1400 Janusz I of
Czersk
Czersk (; ; formerly german: Czersk, (1942-5): ) is a town in northern Poland in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 9,844.
Today the center of the city of Czersk in is the Village Square. ...
granted Ciechanów
town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...
. The area eventually become a separate duchy with Casimir I of Warsaw using the title "dominus et heres lub dominus et princeps Ciechanoviensis." In the
Middle Ages
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, the defensive gord of Ciechanów protected northern Mazovia from raids of Lithuanians,
Yotvingians
Yotvingians (also called: Sudovians, Jatvians, or Jatvingians; Yotvingian: ''Jotvingai''; lt, Jotvingiai, ; lv, Jātvingi; pl, Jaćwingowie, be, Яцвягі, ger, Sudauer) were a Western Baltic people who were closely tied to the Old Prus ...
,
Old Prussians
Old Prussians, Baltic Prussians or simply Prussians (Old Prussian: ''prūsai''; german: Pruzzen or ''Prußen''; la, Pruteni; lv, prūši; lt, prūsai; pl, Prusowie; csb, Prësowié) were an indigenous tribe among the Baltic peoples that in ...
and later, the
Teutonic Knights
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. It is not known when it was granted a town charter. This must have happened before 1475, as a document from that year, issued by Duke Janusz II of Warsaw, states that Ciechanów has a
Chełmno
Chełmno (; older en, Culm; formerly ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Due to its regional impor ...
town charter.
In the period between the 14th and 16th centuries, Ciechanów prospered with the population reaching 5,000. In the late 14th century,
Siemowit III, Duke of Masovia
Siemowit III of Masovia (his name also rendered Ziemowit; – 1381) was a prince of Masovia and a co-regent (with his brother Casimir I of Warsaw) of the lands of Warsaw, Czersk, Rawa, Gostynin and other parts of Masovia.
Life
Siemowit ...
, began construction of a castle, while his son
Janusz I of Warsaw
Janusz I of Warsaw (pl: ''Janusz I warszawski''), also known as Janusz I the Old (pl: ''Janusz I Starszy'') (c. 1347/52 – 8 December 1429), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch, from 1373/74 Duke of Warsaw and ...
invited the
Augustinians
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, who in the mid-15th century began construction of a church and an abbey. The Augustinian Friars were brought to Ciechanów in 1358 by Duke Siemowit III. They experienced the most turbulent times during the Reformation. From the 17th century, the Augustinians’ pastoral presence was growing in the towns. The monastery – characterised by mild observance – was usually inhabited by 4 to 7 monks. It ceased to exist in 1864 when monasteries were dissolved.
In 1526, together with all Mazovia, Ciechanów was incorporated to the
Kingdom of Poland
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*Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exist ...
. It was a
royal city
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* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
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* Royal, Illinois, a village
* Royal, Iowa, a ...
of Poland, the seat of the
Land of Ciechanów, a separate administrative unit within the
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...
in the
.
The town was handed over to
Bona Sforza
Bona Sforza d'Aragona (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of ...
, as her dowry. Ciechanów prospered until the
Swedish invasion of Poland (1655-1660), when the town was burned and ransacked.
![04 - Ciechanów Townhall - 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/04_-_Ciechan%C3%B3w_Townhall_-_02.jpg)
After the
second partition of Poland
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The second partition occurred in the aftermath of the Polish–Russian War ...
(1793), Ciechanów briefly became seat of a newly created
voivodeship
A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieval ...
. In 1795, it was annexed by the
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
, and reduced to the status of a provincial town in
Przasnysz
Przasnysz (; yi, פראשניץ, russian: Прасныш) is a town in north-central Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about 110 km north of Warsaw and about 115 km south of Olsztyn, it is the capital of Przasnysz County. It ...
county. In 1806, during the
Napoleonic Wars
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, Ciechanów was ransacked and destroyed. In 1807 it became part of the short-lived Polish
Duchy of Warsaw
The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...
. Since 1815, the town belonged to
Russian-controlled Congress Poland
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. Its residents actively supported Polish rebellions. In the late 19th century, Ciechanów emerged as a local trade and industry center. In 1864, a brewery was opened, in 1867 it became seat of a county, in 1877 a rail station of the
Vistula River Railroad Vistula River Railroad (Polish: Kolej Nadwiślańska) was a railroad system, opened on August 17, 1877. It ran from northwest to southeast, through the territory of the former Congress Poland, known after the November Uprising as Privislinsky Krai ( ...
was completed, and in 1882 a sugar refinery was opened. The period of prosperity was short, as during
World War I
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, Ciechanów was almost completely destroyed.
In the
Second Polish Republic
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, Ciechanów remained seat of a county in
Warsaw Voivodeship. In 1938, its population was 15,000, and the town was a military garrison, home to the 11th Uhlan Regiment of Marshall
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
.
World War II
![Home Army soldiers murdered by Germans (Ciechanow Castle)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Home_Army_soldiers_murdered_by_Germans_%28Ciechanow_Castle%29.jpg)
Ciechanów was captured by the
Wehrmacht
The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...
on the night of September 3/4, 1939. The town was annexed by
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
and was known as ''Zichenau'' in
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
. It was the capital of
Regierungsbezirk Zichenau
''Regierungsbezirk Zichenau'' was a ''Regierungsbezirk'', or administrative region, of the Nazi German Province of East Prussia in 1939–45. The regional capital was Zichenau (Ciechanów). , a new subdivision of the
Province of East Prussia
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. The vast majority of the Polish and Jewish population was seen as racially inferior and Germany planned its eventual annihilation. The ''
Einsatzgruppe V'' entered the city on September 10, 1939, and carried out first mass arrests among local Polish
intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the in ...
.
Residents were imprisoned in
Gestapo
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The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...
jails established in municipal buildings and the Town Hall.
[ The Germans carried out mass searches of Polish and Jewish homes, offices and organizations, as well as synagogues, which were desecrated and looted. Several hundred Poles were transported from the jail in Ciechanów and murdered in large massacres in the nearby village of Ościsłowo as part of '']Intelligenzaktion
The ''Intelligenzaktion'' (), or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the ...
''. Local disabled people were also murdered in Ościsłowo on February 20, 1940. Local teachers were arrested in October and November 1939, and deported to the Soldau concentration camp
The Soldau concentration camp established by Nazi Germany during World War II was a concentration camp for Polish and Jewish prisoners. It was located in Działdowo (german: Soldau), a town in north-eastern Poland, which after the Nazi-Soviet inva ...
, where they were murdered in December 1939, and some were also murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp
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.
Poles were also subjected to expulsions. Around 600 people were expelled in December 1939, further expulsions were carried out in subsequent years. In Ciechanów, the Germans also organized a transit camp for Poles deported for forced labor
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
to the areas of Klaipeda, Tilsit (Sovetsk) and Königsberg (Kaliningrad), and a forced labor "education" camp.
Before World War II
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, Ciechanów was home to a large Jew
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ish community of 1,800, but during the Nazi German occupation, in November 1942, the majority of the Jewish community were transported to the Red Forest (''Czerwony Bór'') northeast of town and murdered in a mass shooting. During the war many Polish Jews and resistance fighters were executed by the Germans in the castle.
On January 17, 1945, Ciechanów was captured from Nazi Germany by the Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
, and was restored to Poland after the war.
Demographics
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:
Number of inhabitants by year
Monuments and sights
* Castle of the Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia ( pl, Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the unofficial capital and largest city. Throughout the centurie ...
n Dukes from the 14th century, alongside the Łydynia
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The river flows past Cie ...
river
* Farska Hill – fortified settlement from the 7th century with a Neo-Gothic
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belfry from the 19th century
* Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Late Gothic building from the 16th century
* Monastery Augustinian Church from the 16th and 18th centuries
* City Hall from the 19th century
* ''Muzeum Szlachty Mazowieckiej'' (Museum of Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia ( pl, Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the unofficial capital and largest city. Throughout the centurie ...
n Nobility)
* Parish cemetery which has functioned since 1828
* ''Park Nauki Torus'' ("Torus Science Park") with the hyperboloid
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water tower, built in 1972
Kościół Narodzenia NMP w Ciechanowie 3.jpg, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Ciechanów, kościół augustianów p.w. Nawiedzenia NMP 01; Kot.JPG, Augustinian Church
04 - Ciechanów Townhall - 01.jpg, Town Hall
04 - Belfry on Farska Góra in Ciechanów - 02.jpg, Belfry on Farska Góra
Muzeumszlachtymazowieckiej.JPG, Museum of Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia ( pl, Mazowsze) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the unofficial capital and largest city. Throughout the centurie ...
n Nobility
Ciechanów, Park Nauki Torus.jpg, Torus Science Park
Economy
The '' Browar Ciechan'' brewery is located in the town.
Education
* Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
* Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Zarządzania
Transport
Through the town are leading two national roads, numbered 50 and 60; and three voivodship roads, numbered 615, 616, 617. Just 25 km away to the West there is the national road number 7, a part of the E77 European route
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.
The Ciechanów railway station is on the Warsaw - Gdańsk railway, however the Warsaw - Gdańsk - Gdynia express train, colloquially referred as 'Pendolino', does not stop here. Other trains offer connections to Warsaw, Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
, Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, Gdynia
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, Kołobrzeg
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, Kraków
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and Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
.
Sports
Ciechanów is home to handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
club , which competes in the I liga (Polish second tier), and to football
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club , which competes in the lower divisions.
Notable people
* Jan Kazimierz Krasiński
Jan Kazimierz Krasiński (1607–1669) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) using the Ślepowron coat of arms.
He was the fifth son of Stanisław Krasinski and Anna Michowska, brother of Gabriel and Ludwik.
Jan Kazimierz was courtier on the r ...
(1607–1669), Polish official and nobleman, royal secretary of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632
N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...
* Ludwik Krasiński (1609–1644), Polish royal courtier and official
* Zygmunt Krasiński
Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks Zygmunt Krasiński (; 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked after Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the Romantic poets who influence ...
(1812–1859), Polish poet, considered one of Poland's Three Bards
The Three Bards (, ) are the national poets of Polish Romanticism, Polish Romantic literature. They lived and worked in exile during the partitions of Poland which ended the existence of the Polish sovereign state. Their Tragedy, tragic Poetry, po ...
* Maria Konopnicka
Maria Konopnicka (; ; 23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic, and activist for women's rights and for Polish independence. She used pseudonyms, including ''Jan Sawa''. She ...
(1842–1910), Polish poet and novelist
* Aleksander Świętochowski
Aleksander Świętochowski (18 January 1849 – 25 April 1938) was a Polish writer, educator, and philosopher of the Positivism in Poland, Positivist period that followed the January Uprising, January 1863 Uprising.
He was widely regarded as the ...
(1849–1938), Polish writer, educator, and philosopher
* Stefan Żeromski
Stefan Żeromski ( ; 14 October 1864 – 20 November 1925) was a Polish novelist and dramatist belonging to the Young Poland movement at the turn of the 20th century. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature".
He also wrote under t ...
(1864–1925), Polish novelist and dramatist
* Ignacy Mościcki
Ignacy Mościcki (; 1 December 18672 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939. He was the longest serving president in Polish history. Mościcki was the President of Poland when Germany ...
(1867–1946), Polish chemist, politician, and President of Poland
* Roza Robota
Roza Robota (1921 – 6 January 1945) or Róża Robota in Polish, referred to in other sources as Rojza, Rózia or Rosa, was the leader of a group of four women Holocaust resistors hanged in the Auschwitz concentration camp for their role in the ...
(1921–1945), Polish-Jewish resistance member during World War II
* Mieczysław Jagielski
Mieczysław Zygmunt Jagielski (12 January 192427 February 1997) was a Polish politician and economist. During the times of the People's Republic of Poland he was the last leading politician from the former eastern regions of pre-Second World War ...
(1924–1997), Polish politician and economist
* Zbigniew Siemiątkowski
Zbigniew Siemiątkowski (born 8 October 1957 in Ciechanów, Poland) is a Polish politician and political scientist. He was Minister of Internal Affairs, 1996–97, and head of the Intelligence Agency (''Agencja Wywiadu'', or ''AW''), 2002 – A ...
(born 1957), Polish politician
* Dorota Rabczewska (Doda) (born 1984), Polish singer-songwriter
* Kasia Struss
Katarzyna Strusińska, (born 23 November 1987 in Ciechanów, Poland), known professionally as Kasia Struss, is a Polish model.
Career
Struss was discovered in 2005 by a local talent scout after sending her pictures to a local Polish teen magazi ...
(born 1987), Polish model
* Quebonafide
Kuba Grabowski (born 7 July 1991 in Ciechanów), better known by his stage names Quebonafide and Jakub Grabowski, is a Polish rapper, singer and songwriter. Member of the duos Yochimu and Taconafide. Founder of the record label QueQuality. Wi ...
(born 1991), Polish rapper
* Adam Morawski (born 1994), Polish handball player, member of the Polish national handball team
* Ania Ahlborn, Polish-American novelist
* Maciej Dobrzyński (born 2007), Polish activist
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Ciechanów is twinned with:
* Meudon
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, France
* Haldensleben
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Geography
It is situated on the Ohre river, near the confluence with its Beber tributary, and the parallel Mi ...
, Germany
* Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Хмельни́цький, Khmelnytskyi, ), until 1954 Proskuriv ( uk, Проску́рів, links=no ), is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center for Khmelnytskyi Oblast (region) and Khmelnytskyi Raion (dist ...
, Ukraine
* Brezno
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Geography
Brezno is located within the Geomorphological division of Slovakia, Horehr ...
, Slovakia
References
External links
Wojciech Górczyk, Ciechanów – zarys dziejów do XV w., Kultura i Historia, Uniwersytet Marii Curie Skłodowskiej w lublinie,19/2011, ISSN 1642-9826
Official homepage
Architecture of Ciechanow (only in Polish)
Czas Ciechanowa (Local weekly magazine, local press)
Jewish Community in Ciechanów
on Virtual Shtetl
Ciechanów city forum
Ciechanow website www.ciechanowonline.pl - all you need to know about Ciechanow, including a contemporary gallery of the city
Site dedicated to preserving the memory of Ciechanów's Jewish community, including an English translation of the memorial book
Website of Ciechanow City www.eciechanow.pl – City news, history of Ciechanow, information where you can eat, sleep and dance
Castle of the Dukes of Mazovia in Ciechanów (en)
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Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship
Ciechanów County
Płock Governorate
Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Holocaust locations in Poland