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Biała Rawska [ˈbʲawa ˈrafska] (listen) is a town in Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,081 inhabitants as of December 2021.[3]

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Biała Rawska
Church and belfry
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 51°48′N 20°29′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Rawa
Gmina	Biała Rawska
Government [1]
• Mayor	Wacław Adamczyk
Area [2]
• Total	9.53 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021)[3][4]
• Total	3,081
• Density	323/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	96-230
Area code	+48 46
Car plates	ERW
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.bialarawska.pl/

History

Biala Rawska is one of the oldest settlements of historic Mazovia. In the 12th century, it probably was an administrative center and the seat of a castellan, but first written document which confirms the existence of Bela, as it was called, comes from 1246. The gord of Bela was protected by a wooden rampart, as it did not have a defensive wall. The castellany of Bela was in the 14th century transferred to Rawa Mazowiecka.

It is not known when Biala Rawska received town charter, but it happened before 1498. At that time, the town was property of Bishops of Chelm, and was an important administrative center, seat of Biala County of Rawa Voivodeship. Located along busy merchant trails to Mazovian Czersk, Leczyca and Sandomierz, Biala prospered. Good times ended in the 1650s, during the disastrous Swedish invasion of Poland, after which the population of Biala was reduced to only 100 people. The town never recovered from Swedish destruction: in 1777, its population was only 186.

In 1870, following January Uprising, Biala lost its town charter, recovering it in 1925. In 1900, the population was over 2,000, with a significant Jewish element. In 1921, Biala's population was 2328, with 38% Poles and 61% Jews.

During World War II, Biala lost 1,800 people. That includes almost all of the approximately 1200 Jews who lived there in 1939. During the war, the Jews were persecuted and robbed; in 1941 the Jewish populace was forced to live in a ghetto. Six or seven families shared each room and as a consequence there were epidemics of typhus and other diseases. Around ten people a day died in the ghetto. In August 1942, German and Polish police surrounded the ghetto and forced Jews into trains destined for Treblinka. At Treblinka, all were murdered immediately by gassing. Only a handful of Biala Rawska's Jews survived the Holocaust.[5]

Notable residents

• Mariusz Pudzianowski (born 1977), strongman and mixed martial artist, 5-time winner of World's Strongest Man title

Gallery

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  Palace
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  Church of Saint Adalbert
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  Church gate
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  Belfry

References

External links

• Official website (in Polish)

На других языках

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[de] Biała Rawska

Biała Rawska [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}'bʲawa 'rafska] anhören?/i ist eine Stadt in der Woiwodschaft Łódź in Polen. Sie ist Sitz der gleichnamigen Stadt-und-Land-Gemeinde mit 11.239 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2020) und liegt am Fluss Białka.

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- [en] Biała Rawska

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[ru] Бяла-Равска

Бяла-Равска (польск. Biała Rawska) — город в Польше, входит в Лодзинское воеводство, Равский повят. Имеет статус городско-сельской гмины. Занимает площадь 9,62 км². Население — 3233 человека (на 2004 год).

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