Bieżuń
Sign in to saveBieżuń is a town in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. The town lies on the Wkra River. As of December 2021, it has a population of 1,807.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bieżuń
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- POL BIeżuń muzeum.jpg
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- Museum
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- POL Bieżuń COA.svg
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- Poland
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- Masovian
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Żuromin
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- Gmina
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1406
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- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Bieżuń
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +1758
- Area
- +12.07
- Elevation
- +119
- Official website
- www.biezun.pl
- Image
- Bieżuń, kościół parafialny p.w. Św. Trójcy 02; Kot.JPG
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Bieżuń is a town in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. The town lies on the Wkra River. As of December 2021, it has a population of 1,807.
==History== thumb|left|Baroque in Poland|Baroque Holy Trinity church Jędrzej of Golczew, castellan of Płock, established the town at the end of the 14th century. Bieżuń was located on a trade route connecting Toruń with Brześć. Duke Siemowit IV of Masovia granted the town rights charter in 1406 and in 1869, during Russia's occupation, Bieżuń lost its town rights until 1994. Bieżuń was a private town, administratively located in the Sierpc County in the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Prior to the Deluge the town was famous and had a strong castle, but it was destroyed during that war. Polish Crown Chancellor Andrzej Zamoyski was born there and lived in the palace he built while working on his code of civil laws known as Zbiór praw sądowych. During Zamojski's residency there, in 1767, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth king Stanisław August Poniatowski granted the renewal of the town charter under the Magdeburg rights.