Tykocin
Sign in to saveTykocin (; ) is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants (2012), located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with its historic center designated a Historic Monument of Poland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tykocin
- Region
- województwo podlaskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 1,907
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tykocin
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tykocin z lotu ptaka.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of the town centre
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Tykocin COA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Tykocin flag.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Białystok
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Podlaskie Voivodeship
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +1917
- Official website
- umtykocin.pl
- Image
- Tykocin z lotu ptaka.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Early modern era
- Late modern era and recent times
- Points of interest
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Tykocin (; ) is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants (2012), located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with its historic center designated a Historic Monument of Poland.
== History == ===Middle Ages=== The name of Tykocin was first mentioned in the 11th century. Through the 14th century, it was a castellany in the Duchy of Masovia on the border with pagan Lithuania. Tykocin received its city rights from prince Janusz I of Warsaw in 1425, but several months later, the settlement was transferred to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (within the Polish-Lithuanian Union) by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło. Shortly later, in around 1433, Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis gave the town along with other surrounding villages to Jonas Gostautas, and it became the most important seat of the Lithuanian Gostautai noble family.