Płońsk

Infobox Settlement
name = Płońsk


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Hill fort in Płońsk
image_shield = POL Płońsk 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 = Płońsk County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Płońsk (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Andrzej Józef Pietrasik
established_title = Established
established_date = 11th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1400
area_total_km2 = 11.6
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 22233
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 38 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 20 | longm = 23 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 09-100
area_code = +48 023
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WPN
website = http://www.plonsk.pl Płońsk Audio-IPA-pl|Plonsk.ogg|p|ł|o|ń|s|k ( _yi. Plonsk) is a town in north-central Poland with 22,258 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, in was in Ciechanów Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is home to a yearly open theatre festival (held in the summer).

History

Płońsk gained city rights from the prince Siemowit IV of Masovia some time between 1399 and 1412.

Monuments

The church and the old monastery of Calced Carmelites were founded before 1417 by the prince Siemowit IV of Masovia and his wife Aleksandra, Jogaila's sister.

Famous people

* David Ben-Gurion - the first Prime Minister of Israel, was born in Płońsk on October 16, 1886.
* Jan Walery Jędrzejewicz - father of Polish spectroscopy, author of the astronomy book called "Kosmografia" (Cosmology)
* dr Leon Rutkowski - explorer, antropologist and doctor
* Henryk Sienkiewicz - one of the outstanding writers of the second half of the 19th century, spent one year of his life in Poswietne, he wrote his first published novel called "Na marne" ("In Vain").
* Roman Gutkowski - Polish journalist working for Dziennik daily.

External links

* [http://plonsk.europa.pl/ Interactive map of Płońsk]
* [http://plonsk.pl/ Płońsk official website]
* [http://www.plonsk.idl.pl/ Independent forum of Płońsk citizens]