Kleszczele
Kleszczele (, , Podlachian: Kliščéli) is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, eastern Poland.
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- Locality
- Kleszczele
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 1,410
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Kleszczele (, , Podlachian: Kliščéli) is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, eastern Poland.
==History== thumb|left|Polish Border Protection Forces in Kleszczele, Kleszczele was granted town rights by King Sigismund I the Old in 1523. It was a royal town of Poland. Queen consort Bona Sforza founded a Catholic church in 1544. In 1578, King Stephen Bathory issued a privilege regarding salt trade. His wife, Queen consort Anna Jagiellon administered the town. The townspeople prospered off of growing and selling hops to Królewiec.