Ciechanów

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Ciechanów coat of arms

Ciechanów ([[tɕe'xanuv]]^{[Media help?]·[i]}) is a town in north-central Poland with 47,900 inhabitants (2002). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999) and was previously the capital of Ciechanow Voivodship (1975-1998). Before WWII home to a large Jewish community. During the war many Polish Jews and resistance fighters were executed by the Germans in the castle.

Monuments

Ciechanów - The castle of the Masovian Dukes

• Ruins of 14th century Castle
• Augustinian monastery - Late Gothic church of Visitation of Virgin Mary (1st quarter of 16th century) and cloister from the turn of 17th and 18th century
• Late Gothic church of the Birth of Virgin Mary (1st quarter of 16th century)
• Gothic-revival town hall from 1844 (probably by Henryk Marconi)

Education

• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa
• Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Zarządzania

External links

• [Official homepage]
• [Architecture of Ciechanow (only in Polish)]

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