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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Masovian | ||
| County | Kozienice County | ||
| Gmina | Gmina Kozienice | ||
| Established | 13th century | ||
| Town rights | 1322 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Tomasz Śmietanka | ||
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| - Total | 10. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century Masovian Voivodeship (also known as Masovia Province or by its Polish name of województwo mazowieckie or simply Mazowieckie) is the largest and most A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Kozienice County (powiat kozienicki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. The gmina or Municipality (frequently translated commune) plural gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level of territorial division in Poland Gmina Kozienice is an urban-rural Gmina (administrative district in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 45 km² (4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 18,541 | ||
| - Density | 1,774. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (4,595. 3/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 26-900 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 48 | ||
| Car plates | WKZ | ||
| Website: http://www.kozienice.pl/ | |||
Kozienice [kɔʑɛˈnit͡sɛ] (
listen) (Yiddish: קאזשניץ Kozhnits) is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants (1995). Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland It is the capital of Kozienice County (Polish Powiat kozienicki). Kozienice County (powiat kozienicki is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland.
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Description
It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Radom Voivodeship (1975-1998) and in Kielce Voivodeship (1919-1939, 1945-1975). Masovian Voivodeship (also known as Masovia Province or by its Polish name of województwo mazowieckie or simply Mazowieckie) is the largest and most Radom Voivodeship (województwo radomskie was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975 &ndash 1998, superseded by Kielce Voivodeship (województwo kieleckie is a former unit of administrative division and local government in Poland.
At Kozienice there is a huge thermal power station. The Power Station Kozienice is a huge thermal power plant with a power output of 2673 MW at Kozienice, Poland (Geographical coordinates)
Kozienice is in the Radom district, almost four miles from the Vistula, surrounded by forests, water, villages, and towns such as Zwoleń, Gniewoszów, Magnuszew, Mniszów, Ryczywół, Garbatka, and other smaller settlements. Zwoleń (זוואלין Zvolin) is a town in Poland, in Mazowsze Voivodeship, about 30 km east of Radom. Gniewoszów may refer to the following places in Poland: Gniewoszów in Gmina Międzylesie, Kłodzko County in Lower Silesian Magnuszew is a village in Poland Masovian Voivodeship, Kozienice County.
Kozienice gives its name to the protected area called Kozienice Landscape Park. Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental cultural or similar value Kozienice Landscape Park ( Kozienicki Park Krajobrazowy) is a Protected area ( Landscape Park) in east-central Poland, established in 1983
Jews in Kozienice
Kozienice had a Jewish community with a long history. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Kozienice is pronounced as "Kozhnitz" in Yiddish. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High In the early 19th century, the Kozhnitzer Magid Yisroel Hopsztajn was one of the pioneers of Hasidism in Poland. Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn (1737-1814 also known as the Magid of Kozhnitz, was a Chasidic leader in Poland. Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew He established the Kozhnitz dynasty. Kozhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn, known as the Kozhnitser Maggid. In 1856, there were 2,885 people in Kozienice with 1,961 Jews, and in 1897, there were 6,882 people and 3,700 were Jews. Before World War II, about 15,000 souls lived in this region. The Jewish community lived there for about 400 years. The two main industries there were tourism, with Jewish pilgrims visiting the Maggid's tomb, and shoe manufacturing.
External links
Jewish references and links
- Sefer Zikaron li-Kehilat Kozhnitz (The book of Kozienice; The birth and the destruction of a Jewish community); Editor: Baruch Kaplinski, Tel Aviv – New York, The Kozienice Organization, 1985 (English, 677 pages),
- Former Residents of Kozhnitz in Israel, 1969 (Hebrew and Yiddish, 516 pages).
- jewishgen.org, Kozienice
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