Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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  Filipów | |
| Coordinates: 54°10′50″N 22°37′15″E / 54.18056°N 22.62083°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Podlaskie Voivodeship |
| County | Suwałki |
| Gmina | Filipów |
| Population | 1,814 |
Filipów (Polish pronunciation: [fiˈlipuf]; Lithuanian: Pilypavas[1]) is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is in Gmina Filipów.[2]
Formerly a town, Filipów had a city rights from 1570 to 1870, when, as many other former towns in Poland, it lost this status after the January Uprising. It was a site of Battle of Filipów in 1656.
There was a Jewish Community in Filipów; 75 years after 1939 the community Jewish Torah Scroll was recovered [3]
References
[edit]- ^ VLKK 2002.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ A Torah Scroll Hidden in Poland for 75 Years Is Getting a Makeover 10 November 2024" accessed 16 November 2024
Sources
[edit]- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
External links
[edit]- Official site of Filipów Archived 2003-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Unofficial site of Filipów
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