Białobrzegi is a town in
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
,
Poland
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, about south of
Warsaw
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. It is the capital of the
Białobrzegi County and
Gmina Białobrzegi (commune). The town is located on the border of the ''Białobrzegi Valley'' and ''Radom Plain'', about northwest of
Radom
Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship. Radom is the fifteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province w ...
. The river
Pilica flows through the town. Białobrzegi is located in the
Polish historic region of
Mazovia
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, near its boundary with
Lesser Poland
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. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 6,749.
History
The history of the town dates back to 1540, when King
Sigismund I the Old
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granted town rights to the town of Brzegi, which was located on the left bank of the Pilica, administratively in the
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
in the
Greater Poland Province. At that time, Brzegi belonged to a local noblewoman Anna Fałęcka, then it was property of other families. The town never gained significance and remained a small center, whose population was involved in trade and agriculture.
From 1815 it was located in the
Russian Partition
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of Poland. During the Polish
January Uprising
The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last i ...
, several units operated in the area, and in 1870, as a Russian reprisal for residents’ support of the insurrection, Białobrzegi was stripped of its town privileges and became a settlement. In 1910, a fire destroyed much of Białobrzegi. During
World War I
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, there was further destruction, but afterwards the town slowly grew, due to the Warsaw-Kraków road, which passed through it. In 1918, following the war, Poland regained independence and control of Białobrzegi. Administratively, it was located in the
Kielce Voivodeship. Following the joint German-Soviet
invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...
, which started
World War II
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in September 1939, the settlement was
occupied by Germany until 1945.
In 1958 Białobrzegi regained its town rights. Administratively, it was located in the
Kielce Voivodeship, then the
Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998, and the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999.
Demographics
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Transport
Białobrzegi is an important road hub, where
expressway S7, which is part of the
european route E77, crosses with national road no. 48.
Sports
The town's main sports club is with
football
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,
athletics and
boxing
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sections.
International relations
Twin towns - sister cities
Białobrzegi is
twinned with:
*
Allennes-les-Marais,
France
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References
External links
Official website
Jewish Community of Białobrzegion
Virtual Shtetl
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship
Białobrzegi County