Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern

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, in

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. It is the capital of

Wysokie Mazowieckie County __NOTOC__ Wysokie Mazowieckie County ( pl, powiat wysokomazowiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...

. Population is 10,034 . In town there is one of the biggest dairy companies in this part of Europe - " Mlekovita". in 2018, the city was among the richest municipalities in Poland, has ranked 11th in the country

Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Wysokie Mazowieckie had been devastated in World War II. It was restored in 2006 and, protected by a fence, is maintained regularly by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland. The Jewish cemetery contains a memorial to local Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. The memorial monument was vandalized in August 2012. Wysmaz chrzciciel fc09

Sport

* Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie - Polish football club

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with: *

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* Mejshagola -

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*Wysokie -

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Notable persons from Wysokie Mazowieckie

* Jerzy Barycki (born March 15, 1949 in Wysokie Mazowieckie,

), Polish-Canadian

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engineer and civic activist *

Jacek Bogucki Jacek Bogucki (born 13 February 1959 in Wysokie Mazowieckie) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 with 7,189 votes in 24 Białystok district as a candidate from the Law and Justice list. In 2007, he was reelect ...

(born 13 February 1959 in Wysokie Mazowieckie), Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 with 7,189 votes in 24

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

district as a candidate from the

Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński. It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...

list. *

Wojciech Borzuchowski Wojciech Borzuchowski (born 10 November 1961 in Wysokie Mazowieckie) is a Polish politician, a member of Law and Justice party until 2007, when he joined the Polish People's Party. He was elected to Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), of ...

(born 10 November 1961 in Wysokie Mazowieckie), Polish politician, a member of

party until 2007, when he joined the

Polish People's Party The Polish People's Party ( pl, Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) is an agrarian political party in Poland. It is currently led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although it ...

. He was elected to

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on 25 September 2001 and served until 2005. *

Jacob Burck Jacob Burck (née Yankel Boczkowsky, January 10, 1907 – May 11, 1982) was a Polish-born Jewish-American painter, sculptor, and award-winning editorial cartoonist. Active in the Communist movement from 1926 as a political cartoonist and muralist, ...

(January 7, 1907 – May 11, 1982), Polish-born

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painter, sculptor, and award-winning

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. Active in the Communist movement from 1926 as a political cartoonist and muralist, Burck quit the Communist Party after a visit to the

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in 1936, deeply offended by political demands there to manipulate his work. * Przemysław Czajkowski (born 26 October 1988 in Wysokie Mazowieckie),

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athlete specializing in the

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. His personal best in the event is 65.61 meters, achieved in 2012 in Łódź. *

Jan Stanisław Jankowski Jan Stanisław Jankowski (6 May 1882 – 13 March 1953; noms de guerre ''Doktor'', ''Jan'', ''Klonowski'', ''Sobolewski'', ''Soból'') was a Polish politician, an important figure in the Polish civil resistance during World War II and a ...

(6 May 1882 – 13 March 1953;

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Doktor, Jan, Klonowski, Sobolewski, Soból),

politician, an important figure in the Polish civil resistance during

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and a Government Delegate at Home. Arrested by the

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, he was sentenced in the

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and murdered in a

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prison. * Kazimierz Kamieński (

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"Gryf" and "Huzar"; born 8 January 1919 in Markowo-Wólka, died 11 October 1953 in a communist prison in

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officer, commander in the underground Polish

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(AK), ROAK and the anti-communist organization

Freedom and Independence Freedom and Independence Association ( pl, Zrzeszenie Wolność i Niezawisłość, or WiN) was a Polish underground anticommunist organisation founded on September 2, 1945 and active until 1952. Political goals and realities The main purpose of it ...

(WiN). He was one of the longest fighting soldiers of the Polish anti-Communist resistance after World War II. * Jan Kucharzewski (27 May 1876 in Wysokie Mazowieckie – 4 July 1952), Polish historian, lawyer, and politician. He was the prime minister of

from 1917 to 1918. *

Łukasz Załuska Łukasz Załuska (; born 16 June 1982) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. After playing for Stomil Olsztyn, Legia Warsaw, Jagiellonia Białystok (on loan) and Korona Kielce in Poland, Załuska continued his career ...

(born 16 June 1982), Polish professional football

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References

External links

Official town webpage
(Polish)
Wysokie Mazowieckie Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Book
(

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& English)
Wysokie-Mazowieckie Memorial Book

Podlachian Voivodeship Łomża Governorate Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939) Belastok Region Holocaust locations in Poland {{WysokieMazowieckie-geo-stub