Krośniewice

Infobox Settlement
name = Krośniewice
image_shield = POL Krośniewice COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Łódź
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kutno
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Krośniewice
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Julianna Barbara Herman
area_total_km2 = 2.96
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 4647
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 15 | lats = 13 | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 10 | longs = 12 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 99-340
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = EKU
website = http://krosniewice.pl/

Krośniewice [IPA-pl|k|r|o|ś|ń|e|'|w|i|c|e] is a town in Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,753 inhabitants (2004).

European routes E30 and E75 intersect in the town. The main railway between Warsaw and Poznań passes through it. It also serves as an important depot of a narrow gauge railway line operating in the area. [ [http://www.cleeve.com/krosniewice/ Krosniewice ] ]

There is also a museum in central Krośniewice, called the Jerzy Dunin Borkowski Museum, which was named after the "Hetman of the Polish Collectors", Jerzy Dunin-Borkowski. [ [http://www.kolekcjonerstwo.pl/index_en.php?id=prez www.kolekcjonerstwo.pl ] ] This museum contains various important historical artifacts connected to such historical figures as Napoleon and Paderewski.

History

The town was first mentioned in historical documents from 1387 or 1388 http://krosniewice.pl/historia.html] , and was apparently owned by a particular knight at the time, from the clan Awdaniec (or Abdank). The town's Coat of Arms is derived from the heraldry of that clan.

The town had 3500 residents in 1926. During World War II, like many cities and towns in Poland, it was the site of a Nazi-run ghetto, where the Jewish population of the town was confined before being sent to the death camps.

External links

* [http://krosniewice.pl/ Official town webpage]

References