Przasnysz

Infobox Settlement
name = Przasnysz

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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Town Hall

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image_shield = POL Przasnysz COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Przasnysz County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Przasnysz (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Waldemar Marek Trochimiuk
established_title = Established
established_date = 13th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1427
area_total_km2 = 25.16
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 17069
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 53 | latm = 1 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 20 | longm = 53 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 06-300
area_code = +48 29
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WPZ
website = http://www.przasnysz.um.gov.pl Przasnysz [IPA-pl|'|p|sz|a|s|n|y|sz] is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about 110 km north of Warsaw and about 115 km south of Olsztyn, it's the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants (2004). One of the most important towns in Mazovia during Middle Ages. City laws - 1427.

Famous people from Przasnysz

* Adam Bień (b. 14 December 1899 - d. 4 March 1998) - Polish resistance leader, imprisoned by the Soviets
* Alfred Borkowski (b. 1930) - doctor and writer
* Stanisław Chełchowski (b. 1866 - zm. 1907) naturalist and ethnographist
* Czesław Czaplicki (b 1922 - d. 2006) - resistance leader
* Stanisław Figielski (b. 1875 - d. 1958) - administrator apostolski i wikariusz generalny diecezji płockiej
* Stefan Gołębiowski (b. 1900 - d. 1991) - translated Horace's poetry into Polish
* Leon Gościcki (b. 1870 - d. 1948) Catholic priest, member of the Rada Stanu
* Aleksander Kakowski (b. 1862 - d. 1938) Archbishop of Warsaw
* Paweł Kostka (b. 1549 - d. 1607) - military leader
* Stanisław Kostka (b. 1550 - d. 1568) - patron of children in the Catholic Church
* Teresa Mieczysława Kowalska (b. 1902 - d. 1941) - nun
* Bernard Kryszkiewicz (b. 1915 - d. 1945) - a Passionist priest
* Józef Stanisław Ostoja-Kotkowski (b. 1922 - d. 1994) - artist
* Kazimierz Rokitnicki (b. 1701 - d. 1779) - bishop of Płock
* Włodzimierz Rykowski (b. 1915 - d. 1988)
* Józef Sawa-Caliński (d. 1771) - one of the leaders of Bar Confederation
* Olgierd Vetesco (b. 1913 - d. 1983) - artist
* Tadeusz Witkowski (b. 1946) - historian of literature and one of leaders of the Polish community in the USA
* Zenon Żebrowski (b. ~1898 - d. 1982) Franciscan priest, architect of Niepokalanów

External links

* [http://www.eprzasnysz.pl/ ePrzasnysz.pl - Your Virtual City, local news from Przasnysz and district]
* [http://www.przasnysz.um.gov.pl/ Przasnysz city government webpage]
* [http://www.przasnysz.pl/ Przasnysz commune government webpage]
* [http://www.pilot.pl/index.php3?Z_CITY_NAME=przasnysz&form_t=1&lang=pl Przasnysz on the map, via www.pilot.pl]
* [http://www.mib.przasnysz.com/ webpage about the book "Misjonarze i Barbarzyńcy. Opowieści o codziennym życiu przasnyskiego ogólniaka w latach 1923-2005"]