Miastkowo

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Miastkowo

| settlement_type = Village

| total_type =  

| image_skyline = Miastkowo.JPG

| image_caption = Primary school (on the right) and Our Lady of the Rosary church (on the left)

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Łomża

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Miastkowo

| pushpin_map = Poland

| coordinates = {{coord|53|10|N|21|49|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

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| population_total = 1000

| registration_plate = BLM

| blank_name_sec2 = National roads

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| blank1_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads

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| website = www.miastkowo.pl

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Miastkowo {{IPAc-pl|m|j|a|s|t|'|k|o|w|o}} is a village in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miastkowo. It lies approximately {{convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Łomża and {{convert|91|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the regional capital Białystok.

History

Miastkowo was mentioned in 1413 as the seat of the Miastkowski noble family.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI|year=1885|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=289}} A church and parish were founded in 1451 by Dukes from the Masovian line of the Polish Piast dynasty. In 1827, the village had a population of 270. There are graves of Polish troops killed in the Polish–Soviet War in 1920 at the local cemetery.{{cite journal|last=Kowalski|first=Andrzej|year=1995|title=Miejsca pamięci związane z Bitwą Warszawską 1920 r.|journal=Niepodległość i Pamięć|language=pl|publisher=Muzeum Niepodległości w Warszawie|issue=2/2 (3)|page=141|issn=1427-1443}}

During World War II, the settlement was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941, and by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. The Germans operated a penal forced labour camp in the village.{{cite magazine|last=Sędziak|first=Zdzisław|year=2000|title=Eksploatacja ludności regionu łomżyńskiego przez pracę na rzecz III Rzeszy|magazine=Studia Łomżyńskie|language=pl|issue=11|pages=206–207}} Its prisoners were mostly inhabitants of Miastkowo and nearby villages.Sędziak, p. 206 During the Holocaust, local Pole Józef Dąbkowski managed to hide and rescue nine Jews from the Germans.{{cite book|last=Datner|first=Szymon|year=1968|title=Las sprawiedliwych|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=Książka i Wiedza|page=55}}

Notable people

References

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{{Gmina Miastkowo}}

Category:Villages in Łomża County

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