Siedlce
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Masovian | ||
| County | City county | ||
| Established | 1448 | ||
| Town rights | 1547 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Wojciech Kudelski | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 32 km² (12.4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 77,047 | ||
| - Density | 2,407.7/km² (6,236/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 08-100 to 08-119 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 025 | ||
| Car plates | WS | ||
| Website: http://www.siedlce.pl/ | |||
Siedlce [ˈɕɛdlt͡sɛ] (
listen) (Yiddish: שעדליץ Shedlits) is a town in eastern Poland with 77,092 inhabitants (as of 2005). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the town was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Towns such as Siedlce in the depressed east have now been emptied by large-scale emigration to the West. Statistics show that 14 per cent of employers recently reported labour shortages, compared with 8 per cent in the first quarter of 2004.
The town was most probably founded some time before 15th century and was first mentioned under the name of Siedlecz in a document of 1448. In 1503 Daniel Siedlecki erected a new village of the same name nearby and a church in the middle. In 1547 the town, created out of a merger of the two villages, was granted Magdeburg rights by King Sigismund the Old. Until 1807, when it was confiscated by the Russian authorities, it remained a private property of several notable magnate families, among them Czartoryski and Ogiński. During the World War II more than 50% of all buildings in the city, including a historical town hall, were destroyed.
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[edit] Education
[edit] Higher education
- Akademia Podlaska (University of Podlasie)
- Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych (Foreign Languages Teachers' College) granting diplomas of the University of Warsaw
- Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania (The College of Finance and Management)
- Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne (Theological seminary)
- Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Health Sciences
[edit] Notable secondary schools
- I LO im. Bolesława Prusa (Bolesław Prus Grammar School)
- II LO im. Św. Królowej Jadwigi (St. Queen Jadwiga Grammar School)
[edit] People from Siedlce
- Artur Boruc - a Celtic Glasgow goalkeeper
- Lidia Chojecka - a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres.
- Agata Wróbel - weightlifter, 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist
- Aleksandra Klejnowska - weightlifter
- Bolesław Prus - writer, novelist
- Leon Wyczółkowski - painter
- Bohdan Arct - fighter pilot, writer
- Józef Oleksy - former PM of Poland
[edit] Gallery
 City hall |
 The District Court |
 The Post Office |
 City hall |
 St. Stanislas Church |
 Kiliński Street |
[edit] See also
- Siedlce Department (Polish: Departament Siedlecki): a unit of administrative division and local government in Polish Duchy of Warsaw in years 1806–1815.
- Gdańsk-Siedlce - one of the quarters of the city of Gdańsk.
[edit] External links
- Official Siedlce website (English)
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