Hrubieszów

Infobox Settlement
name = Hrubieszów


image_caption = Town centre
image_shield = POL Hrubieszów COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Hrubieszów County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Hrubieszów (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Zbigniew Dolecki
area_total_km2 = 33.03
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 18617
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 49 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 23 | longm = 53 | longs = | longEW = E
elevation_m = 200
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 22-500
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = LHR
website = http://www.miasto.hrubieszow.pl

Hrubieszów [IPA-pl|h|r|u|'|b|j|e|sz|u|f] is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 (2004). It is the capital of Hrubieszów County.

Since 1999 Hrubieszów has been part of Lublin Province ( _pl. województwo lubelskie). Earlier, 1975–98, it had been part of Zamość Province ("województwo zamojskie").

Notable childhood residents of Hrubieszów were novelist Bolesław Prus and poker player and entrepreneur Henry Orenstein.

History

The town was founded in 1400 by Władysław Jagiełło, king of Poland. He returned to Hrubieszów in 1411, 1413 and 1430. A castle and church were later added. Kazimierz Jagiellończyk built a road from Lublin to Lviv passing by Hrubieszów. The town was eventually destroyed by Ukrainians and Tatars. In 1800 Stanisław Staszic founded the Agricultural Society of Hrubieszów, the first co-operative organisation in Europe. During the Second World War the region witnessed the Zamość Uprising; many inhabitants including the 7,000 inhabitants of the Jewish ghetto in the town were killed during the war.

Monuments

Hrubieszów boasts a number of monuments:
* An outdoor sculpture of Bolesław Prus.
* Orthodox church with 13 cupolas, built 1875.
* Saint Nicholas Catholic Church, built in the 17th century.
* Madonna of Ceaseless Help Catholic Church, built 1903-05.
* "Du Chateau" manor complex, housing a regional museum.
* Madonna of Sokal Catholic Church.
* Jewish cemeteries (Old and New)

External links

* [http://www.miasto.hrubieszow.pl/ Official website of Hrubieszów]
* [http://www.hrubieszow.info/ Hrubieszów information service]
* [http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/hrubieszow/ Hrubieszów Jewish genealogy site]
* [http://www.starostwo.hrubieszow.pl/ Official Hrubieszów County website]