Ostrołęka

Ostrołęka is a city of the North-East of Poland, located since 1998 in the Voïvodie de Mazovie. Since then, the city is the chief town of the powiat Ostrołęka . Between 1975 and 1998, Ostrołęka was the chief town of the Voïvodie of Ostrołęka.

Population and geography

Ostrołęka is the 5th most populated city its voïvodie. The city counts 54.238 inhabitants (2002) on a territory of 29 km ². The city is located on the Narew.

History

1373 Ostrołęka obtained the statute of a city.
XV - XVI century - city became an important center of transport in Poland.
1708 Battles with the Swedes.
1795 Occupation of the Prussia.
February 16th 1807: Combat of Ostrołęka between the troops of Napoleon i ordered by Anne Jean Marie Rene Savary and the Russian troops of the Essen general. Ostrołęka is mentioned (like Ostrolenka) in Versailles and on many standards of French regiments, and is worth that with some French officers to be mentioned on the Triumphal arch of the Star
1807 - 1815 belonging to the Grand-Duchy of Warsaw.
the battle of Ostrołęka, the May 26th 1831 is one of most important Polish rising of November. All the day, the Polish forces directed by Jan Skrzynecki resisted the attacks of the Russian imperial forces under the command of Hans Karl von Diebitsch.
1975 - 1998 chief town of a voïvodie.

External bonds

official Web site of the town of topographic Ostrołęka
Chart (1: 50 000) of the North-East of Poland

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