Brok is a town in

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. As of December 2021, it has a population of 1,876.

Sights

The heritage sights of Brok include the Gothic-

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

Saint Andrew church, two preserved historic windmills, ruins of the Bishops' Castle, the town hall and various historic houses. There are also monuments to Polish statesman and leader

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

and to Polish naturalist and inventor, one of the fathers of

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Wojciech Jastrzębowski Wojciech Bogumił Jastrzębowski (; 19 April 1799 – 30 December 1882) was a Polish scientist, naturalist, and inventor; professor of botany, physics, zoology, and horticulture at Instytut Rolniczo-Leśny in Warsaw's Marymont district; a foun ...

Transport

Brok is located at the intersection of the Polish National road 50 and

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694. Additionally, the S8 highway runs nearby, northwest of the town.

Notable people

* Nahum Stutchkoff (1893–1965), Yiddish-Polish and later Yiddish-American actor, author, lexicographer, and radio host

Gallery

Saint Andrew church in Brok (2).jpg, Saint Andrew church Ratusz w Broku 4.JPG, Town Hall Ruiny Pałacu Biskupiego w Broku nad Bugiem 2.JPG, Castle ruins Brok Wojciech Jastrzebowski statue beentree.jpg, Memorial to

References

External links

Official town and commune webpageJewish Community in Brok
on Virtual Shtetl *https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Ostrów Mazowiecka County Holocaust locations in Poland {{Masovian-geo-stub