Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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Filipów (Polish pronunciation: [fiˈlipuf]; Lithuanian: Pilypavas[1]) is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok. 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
- ↑ VLKK 2002.
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ A Torah Scroll Hidden in Poland for 75 Years Is Getting a Makeover 10 November 2024" accessed 16 November 2024
Sources
- VLKK (2002). "Atvirkštinis lietuvių kalboje vartojamų tradicinių Lenkijos vietovardžių formų sąrašas" (PDF). VLKK (in lietuvių). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
External links
- Official site of Filipów Archived 2003-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Unofficial site of Filipów
