Raciąż
Church of the Assumption
Church of the Assumption
Coat of arms of Raciąż
Coat of arms
Raciąż is located in Poland
Raciąż
Raciąż
Coordinates: 52°46′46″N 20°6′55″E / 52.77944°N 20.11528°E / 52.77944; 20.11528
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPłońsk
GminaRaciąż (urban gmina)
Established10th century
Town rights1425
Government
 • MayorMariusz Godlewski
Area
 • Total3.82 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total4,752
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09-140
Area code+48 23
Car platesWPN
Websitehttp://www.miastoraciaz.pl/

Raciąż [ˈrat͡ɕɔ̃ʂ] is a town in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,585 inhabitants (2004). Its history dates to 10th century.

History

Church of the Assumption in the 1910s

Raciąż was granted town rights in 1425 by Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia. It was located on a trade route connecting Toruń with Brześć.[1] From 1495, it was a county seat within the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[2]

A Jewish population had lived in Raciąż since the 1600s. Between 1857 and 1931, the Jewish population of the town varied between 35% and 45%, which was typical of small shtetls in the region.[3] At the beginning of World War II, there were about 1,700 Jews in Raciąż. The German invaders rounded up most of the Jews and deported them to Warsaw and other larger towns in 1939. Some were sent to forced labor camps too. Almost all of Raciąż' Jews were murdered during the war, but about ten young survivors returned to town after the war. Most were murdered one night by unknown people, either nationalists or thugs. After that, the remainder left.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bartoszewicz, Henryk (1994). "Drogi handlowe ziemi dobrzyńskiej w XV–XVI w.". Miscellanea Historico-Archivistica (in Polish). Vol. IV. Warszawa: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, Wydawnictwo DiG. p. 167. ISSN 0860-1054.
  2. ↑ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 7.
  3. ↑ Jewish Community in Raciąż on Virtual Shtetl]
  4. ↑ Virtual Sztetl: Raciaz. Retrieved July 14, 2020.


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