1. Name

2. Location

3. Timeline of history
    Jewish history 

4. Monuments

5. Economy

6. Population

7. Education

8. Bureaus

9. Safety

10. Culture and sports

11. Religions

12. Public transport

13. Lands

14. Historical parts of city

15. Military

16. International relations
     Twin towns – Sister cities 

17. Twin cities

18. People
     Books 

19. References

20. External links

Mińsk Mazowiecki {{IPAc-pl|AUD|Pl-Mińsk Mazowiecki.ogg|'|m|J|i|ń|s|k|-|m|a|z|o|'|w|J|e|c|k|J|i}} "Masovian Minsk" is a town in central Poland with 40,211 inhabitants (2015). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Mińsk County.

Name

The source of town name - Mińsk - is the Mienia River, which in turn derives from proverb 'mienić', which means 'to shine'. The postnominal adjective 'Mazowiecki shows the historical connection to Mazovia and distinguishes Mińsk Mazowiecki from the Belarusian capital of Minsk.

Location

Mińsk Mazowiecki is located geographically in South Podlasie, historically in East Mazovia and administratively in the eastern part of Masovian Voivodeship, {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=off}} east from Warsaw's Center.

Timeline of history

• XIVth century – first mentions of a settlement with commercial function
• 1421, 29th May – Mińsk was granted town privileges by Janusz I of Warsaw
• 1422 – first wooden church was built (not preserved)
• 1549 – a second town Sendomierz, later merged with Mińsk, was located on the other side of Srebrna River
• 1629 – the present church opened
• 1695 – Sendomierz joined to Mińsk
• 18th century – gradual decline of Mińsk connected with gradual decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• 1795–1809 – under Austrian rule as a result of the Third Partition of Poland
• 1809–1815 – in the Duchy of Warsaw
• 1815–1916 – in the Congress Poland
• 1866 – Mińsk county established, first train arrival (Warsaw–Terespol Railway)
• 1867 – name of the town changed to Nowomińsk (Novominsk)
• 1870 – Dernałowicz Family became the last owners of the city (up to the Second World War)
• 1886 – first bookstore in east Mazovia
• 19th – found of famous manufacture
• 1912 (or 1910) – start of Maria Grochowska's School, today this is Polska Macierz Szkolnas High School
• 1914 – old church opened after reconstruction
• 1915 – present hospital opened
• 1915 to 1918, 11 November – German occupation during World War I
• 1916 – name's change (Novominsk > Mińsk Mazowiecki)
• 1920 – briefly occupied by Russians before the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish-Bolshevik War
• 1920–1939 – great development
  • 1937 – first electric train arrived
• 1939–1944 – second German occupation (World War II)
  • 1939, 12 September – German entry
  • 1939, 13 September – battle for Mińsk Mazowiecki (led by gen. Władysław Anders)
  • 1942, 21 July – liquidation of Mińsk Mazowiecki ghetto. Most of the Jewish residents were sent to the Treblinka death camp (one of the first episodes of the Holocaust)
  • 1944, 30 July – liberation by Armia Krajowa (prelude to Warsaw Uprising)
• 1944, 30–31 July – Soviet liberation
• 1945, 2–3 March – Soviet killed Mińsk's elite (with Mayor Hipolit Konopka)
• 1952 – trains manufacture
• 1957 – military garrison
• 1979 – new train station
• 1985 – Solidarity events
• 1990 – first Mayor elected in free elections (since elections before Second World War): Zbigniew Grzesiak
• 1999 – Mińsk County established

Jewish history

In 1768 the restrictions on permanent residence for Jewish people in Mińsk had been lifted.^[1] From the 19th century to the 1930s it became very popular. Before the Second World War, there were thousands of Jews living in Mińsk and they had a general synagogue and smaller temples.

Soon after the war began, the Germans created the Mińsk Ghetto. It was liquidated on 21 July 1942. Most of the Jews were killed in Treblinka extermination camp sent in Holocaust trains by the thousands. The remaining Jewish population were killed in Mińsk on 10 January 1943 (500 people) and 5 June (the last 150 people).

Monuments

• layout of medieval settlement and later city
• Palace of Doria Dernałowicz Family – built probably in the 17th century (in place of 16th century residence), converted to classicism
  • park
• Church of the Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary – built in the 17th century, converted to neo-baroque in the early 20th century
  • internal furnishing
  • cemetery
• county hall (former), 19th century, classicism
• county hall, 19th century
• post office, 19th century, empire
• church of Mariavite Church, 1911
• residential areas, 19th and early 20th century
• Jewish cemetery
• some school buildings (early 20th century)

Economy

Trade:

• hypermarket Carrefour
• supermarkets (about 10)
• many other shops
• market
• developers

Service:

• 10 banks
• fast-foods, pubs and restaurants
• 3 hotels
• construction industry
• car service
• satellite communication

Industry:

• ZNTK "Mińsk Mazowiecki" (since 2008 a subsidiary PESA SA) — maintenance and repair of railway rolling stock
• Fabryka Urządzeń Dźwigowych – production of cranes and other heavy machinery
• cotton products
• yachts
• shoes
• foil

Population