Kock
Kock (German Kotzk ) is a city in the powiat Lubartowski in the Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Kock is also the seat of the urban and rural commune ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ). The city was known by the Kotzker Rebbe.
- 4.1 Geography
- 4.2 sołectwo
- 4.3 Education
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 5.2 personalities who have worked on site
- 6.1 External links
- 6.2 footnotes
Geography
Kock is located about 45 km north of Lublin and 120 km south-east of Warsaw on the edge of the plateau Pradolina Wieprza and Równina Łukowska. The city is located on the western course of the Via Jagiellonica.
History
Evidence of settlements there are in the area of cork city since 5000 BC The present city goes probably back to settlements from the tenth century. In 1233 there was the settlement in the possession of the Bishop of Płock. 1417 Kock received city rights, and in the year to hold twice a market. 1648, the city was destroyed by acts of war. 1809 there was a battle of Kock in the Napoleonic Wars. Because of the involvement in the January Uprising in 1870, the city lost its charter, this got them in 1919. 1920, there was heavy fighting during the Battle of Warsaw. Part of the city was destroyed in a 1927 fire. In early October 1939, during the Polish campaign to the Battle of Kock.
In 1973, the municipality Kock was formed in its present form. From 1975 to 1998, the village belonged to the Lublin Voivodeship.
Population Development
Attractions
- Parish Church from 1782
- House " Rabinówka " - House of Menachem Mendel
- Jabłonowski Palace - Palace of the Princess Anna Paulina z Sapiehów Jabłonowska built on the foundations of a palace of the family Firlej 1770 Architect: Simon Gottlieb train
Community
Geography
The municipality has an areal extent of 100.62 km ². 71 % of its territory is used for agriculture, 17 % is covered by forest. On the territory of the municipality of the river Czarna opens into the Tyśmienica.
Sołectwo
For urban and rural community Kock includes the villages, the number in parentheses indicates the number of inhabitants again, Annopol (220) Annówka (85) Białobrzegi (390) Białobrzegi - Kolonia, Bożniewice (130) Górka (664 ) Lipniak ( 100), Poizdów (371 ) Poizdów - Kolonia, Ruska Wies (165) Talczyn ( 707) Talczyn - Kolonia, Wygnanka (144) and Zakalew (153). Some of them are the seat of a sołectwo ( mayor's office ).
Education
The municipality has a nursery ( Przedszkole ), five primary schools ( szkoła podstawowa ), two middle schools ( gimnazjum ) and a general education school with technical training ( Liceum ogólnokształcące i pilot ).
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ludwik Osinski (1775-1838) poet
Personalities who have worked on site
- January Firlej (1521-1574) voivode of Kraków, reformer
- January Wielopolski (1630-1688) Grand Chancellor of Poland and since 1669 owner of the place
- Died Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787-1859) Hasidic rabbi in 1859 Kotzk
- Berek Joselewicz (1764-1809) Colonel