Ciechanowiec

Ciechanowiec
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Ciechanowiec
Coordinates: 52°41′N 22°30′E / 52.683°N 22.5°E / 52.683; 22.5
Country	Poland
Voivodeship
County	Wysokie Mazowieckie
Gmina	Ciechanowiec
Area
- Total	26.01 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	4,898
- Density	188.3/km2 (487.7/sq mi)
Postal code	18-230
Website	http://www.ciechanowiec.pl

Ciechanowiec ([t​͡ɕɛxaˈnɔvjɛt​͡s], Yiddish: טשעכֿאַנאָװיץ Tshekhanovits, Čechanovic, Hebrew: ציחנוביץ‎‎, Russian: Цехановец Cechanovec) is a small town in Wysoczyzna Drohiczyńska, Gmina Ciechanowiec, Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland.

Alternate names used in the past or currently include Tshekhanovits Yiddish, Tsekhanovets Russian, Chechanovitz, Chekhanovits, Chekhanovitse, Rudelstadt and Tsikhanovits.^[1]

Before the beginning of World War II, 55% of the town's inhabitants had been Jews. During the war they were almost all killed in Treblinka concentration camp.^{[citation needed]}

Jewish family names like Ciechanowiec, Ciechanowiecki, Ciechanowicz, Ciechanowski are originating from this town.

People

See also Category: People from Ciechanowiec.

See also Category: People from Wysokie Mazowieckie County.

• Alexander Chizhevsky
• Jan Krzysztof Kluk
• Benjamin Mazar
• Ignacy Tłoczek (pl) (not native)

References

1. ^ JewishGen Locality Page - Ciechanowiec, Poland, from Museum of Jewish Heritage.

External links

• Ciechanowiec Online
• JewishGen Locality Page - Ciechanowiec, Poland from Museum of Jewish Heritage.

See also: Ciechanów (disambiguation) and Ciechanowice

Coordinates: 52°40′0″N 22°31′0″E / 52.666667°N 22.516667°E / 52.666667; 22.516667