Krynki
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Place details
- Locality
- Krynki
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 2,700
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Krynki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Krynki flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Krynki COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Krynki kościół św. Anny 36.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Anne church in Krynki
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sokółka
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Krynki
- Settlement.pushpin_map
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Krynki
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Grodno powet
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +2217
- Area
- +3.85
- Image
- Krynki kościół św. Anny 02.jpg
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6 sectionsContents
- History
- Jewish heritage
- The Holocaust
- Points of interest
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Krynki () is a town in northeastern Poland, located in Podlaskie Voivodeship along the border with Belarus.
==History== thumb|left|upright|18th-century bell tower Krynki was located on an important route connecting Kraków with Grodno, and a royal residence was built there before 1429. In 1434, Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and Lithuanian Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis met in Krynki, and renewed and strengthened the Polish–Lithuanian union. Krynki received town privileges before 1518. In 1522, King Sigismund I the Old founded the parish church of Saint Anne. Throughout history, Krynki was an important textile, leather and pottery center. King Charles XII of Sweden stopped in Krynki in 1706 during the Swedish invasion of Poland.