Lipsk Lipsk nad Biebrzą | |
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 Church of Our Lady of the Angels | |
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  Lipsk | |
| Coordinates:53°44′N23°24′E / 53.733°N 23.400°E /53.733; 23.400 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Augustów |
| Gmina | Lipsk |
| Town rights | 1580 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lech Łępicki |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• Total | 2,326 |
| • Density | 468/km2 (1,210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 16-315 |
| Area code | +48 87 |
| Vehicle registration | BAU |
| Website | http://www.lipsk.pl |
Lipsk[lʲipsk] (alsoPolish:Lipsk nad Biebrzą) is a town inAugustów County,Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-easternPoland,[2] with 2,520 inhabitants (2004).
Lipsk was grantedtown rights in 1580 by KingStephen Báthory by virtue of aprivilege issued in nearbyGrodno. It was aroyal town until theThird Partition of Poland when it was annexed byPrussia.[3] In 1807 it was regained by Poles as part of the short-livedDuchy of Warsaw.[3] In 1815 it became part ofCongress Poland,[3] later on forcibly integrated withImperial Russia. As part of anti-Polish repressions after theJanuary Uprising, Lipsk was deprived of town rights by the Russian administration in 1869.[4] Under Russian rule, it was known asЛейпциг на Бебже. It was part of Poland again, after the country again regained independence in 1918. According to the1921 census, the population was 98.4%Polish and 1.6%Jewish.[5]
DuringWorld War II it wasoccupied by theSoviet Union from September 1939 to June 1941.[4] Several Polish families were deported deep into the USSR. From June 1941 to July 1944 it was occupied byNazi Germany. In 1941, the Germans deported 99 local Jews to theghettos inAugustów andGrodno, from where they were later transported to theTreblinka extermination camp.[6] On July 13, 1943, the Germans murdered 50 Poles from Lipsk in nearbyNaumowicze.[7] Among those killed wasMarianna Biernacka, one of the108 Martyrs of World War II. In July 1944, Lipsk was captured by theRed Army, and murders and robberies followed, as well as the fight against the PolishHome Army resistance movement.[7]
Lipsk regained its municipal rights in 1983.[3][4]
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