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Przasnysz

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Przasnysz () is a town in north-central Poland, located in the Masovian Voivodship, about north of Warsaw and about south of Olsztyn. It is the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants (2004). It was one of the most important towns in Mazovia during the Middle Ages. Przasnysz was granted town privileges in 1427.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Przasnysz
Settlement.image_skyline
PL Przasnysz fara Wniebowzięcia NMP 01.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_flag
POL Przasnysz flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield
POL Przasnysz COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Masovian
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Przasnysz
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Przasnysz (urban gmina)
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Łukasz Chrostowski
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
13th century

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Przasnysz
Demonym
przasnyszanki
Country
Poland
Continent
Europe
Population
16662
Area
25.16
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.przasnysz.um.gov.pl
Image
Przasnysz klasztor 16.jpg
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Commons category
Przasnysz
postal code
06-300
male population
7988
female population
8674
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Przasnysz () is a town in north-central Poland, located in the Masovian Voivodship, about north of Warsaw and about south of Olsztyn. It is the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants (2004). It was one of the most important towns in Mazovia during the Middle Ages. Przasnysz was granted town privileges in 1427.

== History == thumb|left|Gothic architecture|Gothic and Passionist Monastery The oldest traces of settlement in the area of Przasnysz come from the turn of the Bronze and Iron Age (around 700 BC). In the 13th century in Przasnysz, on the , there was a market settlement. There was also a hunting court of the Mazovian princes, described by Henryk Sienkiewicz in The Knights of the Cross. The name of the city according to folk sources comes from the miller Przaśnik, who hosted the stray hunting Duke Konrad I of Masovia and was then knighted with the surrounding lands.

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