Lidzbark Warmiński
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian | ||
| County | Lidzbark | ||
| Gmina | Lidzbark Warmiński (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | before 1240 | ||
| Town rights | 1308 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Artur Wajs | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 14.34 km² (5.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 16,390 | ||
| - Density | 1,143/km² (2,960.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 11-100 to 11-102 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 89 | ||
| Car plates | NLI | ||
| Website: http://www.lidzbarkwarminski.pl | |||
Lidzbark Warmiński [ˈlid͡zbarg varˈmiɲski] (
listen) (German: Heilsberg ( listen)) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the capital of Lidzbark County.
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[edit] History
The town was originally an Old Prussian settlement known as Lecbarg until being conquered in 1240 by the Teutonic Knights, who called it Heilsberg. In 1306 it became the seat for the Bishopric of Warmia and remained the Prince-Bishop's seat for 500 years. In 1309 the settlement received town privileges. After the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), the town became part of the Polish province of Royal Prussia.
Nicolaus Copernicus lived at the castle for several years, and it is believed he wrote part of his De revolutionibus orbium coelestium there.
In the winter of 1703-04 the town was the residence of King Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War.
Lidzbark, then known as Heilsberg, was annexed with the rest of Warmia by the Kingdom of Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. In 1807 a battle took place near the town between the French under Murat and Soult and the Russians and Prussians under Bennigsen.
From 1933-45 Heilsberg was the site of the large radio station Transmitter Heilsberg. The town was heavily damaged during its conquest by the Soviet Red Army during World War II in 1945. Afterwards, the town was ceded to Poland after 173 years of Prussian and German rule and its ethnic German population was expelled to the west.
[edit] Education
- Wszechnica Warmińska, founded on 21 May 2004
- Comprehensive Schools im. Kazimierza Jagiellończyka
- Trade Schools im. Stanisława Staszica
- Farner School
- Primary School No. 1 im. Mikołaja Kopernika
- Primary School No. 3 im. Ignacego Krasickiego
- Primary School No. 4 im. Jana Pawła II
- High/grammar School No. 1
- High/grammar School No. 2
- National Music School I Level
- Not Public Kindergarten No. "Kubuś"
- Not Public Kindergarten No. "Miś"
- Not Public Kindergarten No. "Puchatek"
- Public Kindergarten No. 5
- Public Kindergarten No. 6
[edit] Famous Persons
- Mikołaj Kopernik or Nicolaus Copernicus, famous astronomer
- Matthias Johann Meyer or Matthias Meyer, (died 1737)baroque painter
- Ernst Burchard (1876 - 1920), doctor and scientist
- Bruno Hippler (1894 - 1942) officer
- Zbigniew Mikołejko (born 1951) Polish philosopher and historian of religion
[edit] External links
- (Polish) http://www.lidzbark.com/
- (Polish) http://lidzbarkwarminski.pl/
- (Polish) http://www.warmia-mazury.pl/powiaty/lidzbark.html
- Map of Warmia Catholic Diocese in 1755
- (German) http://www.heilsberg.org/
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