- Kock
Infobox Settlement
name = Kock
imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Town center
image_shield = POL Kock COA.svg
pushpin_
pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Lubartów
subdivision_type3 =Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Kock
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Tomasz Futera
established_title = Established
established_date = 10th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1417
area_total_km2 = 16.78
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 3478
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 51 | latm = 39 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 22 | longm = 27 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 21-150
area_code = +48 81
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = LLB
website = http://kock.pl/Kock [IPA-pl|k|o|c|k] is a town in eastern
Poland , about 45 km north ofLublin and 120 km south-east ofWarsaw . It lies inLublin Voivodeship , inLubartów County . It is the capital of theKock Commune .As of 2004, its population numbered 3,509.
History
Kock has been recognized as an established community since the 12th century. It received its city charter in 1417.
In the 17th century, a
Jew ish community was established in the town. In Yiddish, the community is known as Kotzk or Kotsk. In the 19th century, Kock became an important center of Hasidism as the longtime home of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgenstern, theKotzker rebbe who established the Kotsk dynasty. Most of the Jews were killed by the Nazis inthe Holocaust during theoccupation of Poland (1939–1945) , and a Jewish community has not been reestablished since the war.Kock is famous for several battles that were fought there, in 1809 and 1939 [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Poland1939_after_14_Sep.jpg] .
External links
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~pollubel/plubar/lubar4j1.html Rootsweb: Kock Gmina Page]
* [http://members.lycos.co.uk/kockiokolice/galeria/index.php?strona=kirkut Jewish cemetery in Kock]
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