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Krasnosielc | |
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 SaintJohn Cantius Church | |
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  Krasnosielc | |
| Coordinates:53°1′N21°10′E / 53.017°N 21.167°E /53.017; 21.167 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Maków |
| Gmina | Krasnosielc |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WMA |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
| Website | www.gminakrasnosielc.pl |
Krasnosielc[krasˈnɔɕɛlt͡s] is avillage inMaków County, in theMasovian Voivodeship, on the riverOrzyc, in east-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) calledGmina Krasnosielc.
The village was first mentioned in documents in 1386, although there is evidence that the settlement is much older.[2] It was previously known asSielc andSiedlec (and inYiddish:Silc). In 1386, the local Catholic parish was founded bybishop of Płock Ścibor z Radzymina andstandard-bearer Paweł z Radzanowa ofPrawdzic coat of arms.[3] The village was located on a route which connected the cities ofCiechanów andOstrołęka.[4] It was a private village ofPolish noble families, administratively located in the Przasnysz County in theCiechanów Land in theMasovian Voivodeship in theGreater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] In the 17th century, the village passed from the Ciemniewski family to theKrasiński family.[4] Its name was then changed toKrasnosielc.[4] Among the owners wereKazimierz Krasiński, notable late-18th-century Polish politician and participant of theKościuszko Uprising of 1794, and his sonJózef Wawrzyniec Krasiński [pl], Polish senator, one of the richest Polish magnates of the first half of the 19th century.[4] In 1781, Polish KingStanislaus II Augustus allowed four annualfairs to be held in Krasnosielc, and since 1786, eight annual fairs were held there.[4] In 1824, the settlement obtainedtown rights.[4]
Jews, who had begun to settle there in the mid-18th century, made up 60% of its population by 1841. The Jewish district was defined by a legal document according to which Jews were obliged to pay rent to count Józef Krasiński. A Jewishkahal was established in Krasnosielc in 1844 following an official complaint about improprieties of the kahal inPrzasnysz. Krasnosielc lost its municipal status in 1869, soon after its last Polish owner Karol Krasiński died childless. In 1883 asynagogue was built. The town changed hands several times before Polandregained its independence in 1918.[5]
The Jewish community of Krasnosielc ceased to exist in early September 1939. Following the Germaninvasion of Poland, which startedWorld War II,SS units ofPanzer Division Kempf forced the Jews into the synagogue and massacred them there. A day later, the remainder (mostly men) were machine-gunned at the same location.[6] TheKrasnosielc massacre became widely publicized inBerlin as the first of its kind on Polish soil.[5] In the beginning of theGerman occupation, the occupiers also carried out mass searches of homes of local policemen, postal workers and court employees.[7] From 1939 to 1945, Krasnosielc was administered as part ofRegierungsbezirk Zichenau, which was annexed toNazi Germany as a part of theProvince of East Prussia. In the following years, several Polish teachers from Krasnosielc were murdered in theMauthausen concentration camp (seeNazi crimes against the Polish nation).[8] In 1940, the Germans also carried outexpulsions of Poles and operated a transit camp for Poles expelled from nearby villages.[9] Expelled Poles were either enslaved asforced labour of new German colonists in the county or deported to more southern locations of occupied Poland, while their farms were afforested.[9] Seven Poles from Krasnosielc were among the victims of a massacre committed by theSS inŻabikowo on January 22, 1945.[10] German occupation ended in 1945, and the settlement was restored to Poland.
The localfootball team is GUKS Krasnosielc.[11] It competes in the lower leagues.
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