Kosów Lacki is a town in

Sokołów County __NOTOC__ Sokołów County ( pl, powiat sokołowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...

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 ...

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, with 2,152 inhabitants (2004).

History

*1202 - First mention of a village Kossów found in documents belonging to prince

Konrad Mazowiecki Konrad I of Masovia (ca. 1187/88 – 31 August 1247), from the Polish Piast dynasty, was the sixth Duke of Masovia and Kuyavia from 1194 until his death as well as High Duke of Poland from 1229 to 1232 and again from 1241 to 1243. Life Konrad was ...

. *1723 - A permit was granted to organize a market twice a week and a fair four times in a year. Kosów was established as a town. *18th century - There were two schools in Kossów, in which 40 percent of the students were girls. *1869 - Civic rights were canceled, because Kosów participated in The

January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...

. *1964 - A picture by

El Greco Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...

titled "" was found in the presbytery in Kosów Lacki. *01.01.2000 - Restoration of civic rights.

References

External links

Official town and commune webpage

The diocesan museum in Siedlce (when is a El Greco picture ) webpage

Jewish Community in Kosów Lacki
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