Błaszki

Błaszki
Plac Niepodległości (Independence Square)
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Błaszki
Coordinates: 51°39′N 18°26′E / 51.650°N 18.433°E / 51.650; 18.433
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountySieradz
GminaBłaszki
Government
[1]
 • MayorPiotr Świderski
Area
[2]
 • Total
1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)[3][4]
 • Total
1,992
 • Density1,230/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
98-235
Area code+48 43
Car platesESI
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.blaszki.pl/

Błaszki ([ˈbwaʂkʲi]) is a town in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland,[5] with 1,992 inhabitants as of December 2021.[3]

History

Błaszki was founded in the 14th century.[6] The first recorded mention of Błaszki dates from 1386 concerning the parish priest of Blascowicz and verifies that a Catholic parish was there. The oldest document that describes the town dates from 1437 which concerns granting benefice towards Błaszki by Wincenty Kot who was the Archbishop of Gniezno to parish priest Potworowski.[7] Błaszki was administratively located in the Sieradz County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1652, King John II Casimir Vasa established weekly Sunday markets.[7]

In 1926, town limits were greatly expanded by including the settlements of Janówka and Lubanów and a part of Borysławice as new neighbourhoods.[8]

Jewish community

The first historical mention of Jewish residents dates back to 1717.[6] In the 1860s, Jewish residents accounted for 60% of the total population.[6] Until the 1920s, an estimated 400 Jewish families and 215 Christian families resided in Blaszki.[9] The Jewish community was frequently targeted by anti-Semitic attacks.[9] Additionally, they were the victims of organized anti-Jewish boycotts which arranged to open a Christian shop next door or directly across from every Jewish shop.[9] The Holocaust brought an end to this community.[6] In September 1939, immediately after the German invasion of Poland, the Nazis arrested ten of the most important members of the community and executed them[6] On December 20, 1939,[6] the Błaszki Jews were transported to Łosice, Sarnaki and Sokołowo.[9]

In 1932 a local Zionist activist and writer Herman Solnik, published Fun alṭn ḳloysṭer (From The Old Monastery, in Yiddish), a book of tales and legends about Błaszki and the then Kalisz County.[10]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Burmistrz". bip.blaszki.pl (in Polish). Bulletin of Public Information of Gmina Błaszki. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Local Data Bank". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 1 October 2022. Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 1014024.
  3. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 1 October 2022. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 1014024.
  4. ^ "Local Data Bank". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 1 October 2022. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 1014024.
  5. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Blaszki Old Jewish Cemetery". ESJF Surveys -. 24 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Historia". Gmina Błaszki (in Polish). Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  8. ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 4 listopada 1925 r. o zmianie granic miasta Błaszki w powiecie kaliskim., Dz. U., 1925, vol. 115, No. 815
  9. ^ a b c d e Lask, I. M. (Israel Meir) (1968). The Kalish book. Tel-Aviv : Societies of Former Residents of Kalish and the Vicinity in Israel and U.S.A. pp. 86–89. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  10. ^ Solnik, Herman (1932). Fun alṭn ḳloysṭer legendn un dertseylungen. Ṿarshe : Ṿilner farlag fun B. Ḳletsḳin. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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