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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Filipów (Polish pronunciation: [fiˈlipuf]; Lithuanian: Pilypavas) is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

Formerly a town, Filipów had a city rights from 1570 to 1870, when, as many other former towns in Poland, it lost this status after the January Uprising. It was a site of Battle of Filipów in 1656.

There was a Jewish COmmunity in Filipów; 75 years after 1939 the community Jewish Torah Scroll was recovered

References

  1. ^ VLKK 2002.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ A Torah Scroll Hidden in Poland for 75 Years Is Getting a Makeover 10 November 2024" accessed 16 November 2024

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