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imagesize250px
image_captionTop left: Augustów Basilica of Jesus in Skorupki; top right: former Water Management Authority's office (Budynek Zarządu Wodnego); middle left: ancient house in Augustów Market Square; middle right: Netta Nature Park and Augustów Canal; bottom: icy season in Studzieniczne Lake
image_shieldPOL Augustów COA.svg
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coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Voivodeship
subdivision_name1Podlaskie Voivodeship
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Augustów County
subdivision_type3Gmina
subdivision_name3Augustów (urban gmina)
established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date1496
established_title2Established
established_date21546
established_title3Town rights
established_date31557
government_footnotes
leader_titleMayor
leader_name
area_footnotes
area_total_km280.90
population_footnotes
population_as_of30 June 2022
population_total29305
population_density_km2362
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal codes
postal_code16-300 to 16-303
area_code_typeArea code
area_code+48 87
registration_plate_typeNumber plates
registration_plateBAU
blank_nameNational roads
blank_info[[File:DK8-PL.svg
blank1_nameVoivodeship roads
blank1_info[[File:DW662-PL.svg
websitehttp://urzad.augustow.pl/
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Augustów (formerly known in English as Augustovo or Augustowo; ; ) is a town in north-eastern Poland. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Augustów has an area of 80.90 sqkm, and as of June 2022 it has a population of 29,305.

In 1970, Augustów became officially recognized as a health and relaxation resort. In 1973, surrounding settlements were named a part of it, forming a popular resort town.

History

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A settlement in the area was first mentioned in 1496. Augustów was established around 1540 by Bona Sforza and granted Magdeburg rights in 1557 by Sigismund II Augustus, after whom it was also named. It was laid out in a very regular manner, with a spacious market-place.

Until 1569 Augustów belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1569 it became part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, while its cemetery was left in the Grand Duchy, both countries formed the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as a result of the Union of Lublin. Augustów was a royal city, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province. Tatar invaders destroyed Augustów in 1656, and the second half of the 17th century saw the town afflicted by plague. The 4th Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in Augustów in 1790.

In 1795 Prussia annexed Augustów in the Third Partition of Poland. In 1807, it became part of the Duchy of Warsaw, followed by incorporation into the Russian-controlled Kingdom of Poland in 1815. It was made a county seat in 1842. The local populace took part in the large Polish January Uprising of 1863–1864 against Russia. Following Russia's full annexation of the Polish kingdom in the 1860s, it was administered from Suwałki. With a population around 9400 (), it carried a large trade in cattle and horses, and manufactured linen and huckaback. Its canal connects the Vistula and Neman rivers and the railway reached the town in 1899, when its population was around 12,800. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Narcyz_Witczak-Witaczyński_-_15._rocznica_bitwy_pod_Krechowcami.Obchody_w_Augustowie(107-457-3).jpg" caption="President of Poland [[Ignacy Mościcki]] during his visit in Augustów in 1932"] ::

During World War I, the Russian Army successfully counterattacked the German Army in the Battle of Augustów, in the lead-up to the better-known Battle of the Vistula River. In the aftermath of World War I, it was a site of fighting during the Battle of Augustów in 1920.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Augustów was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941. Many inhabitants were sent to exile in Kazakhstan, from where some were able to return after 6 years. On June 22, 1941, just before the Germans captured the town, the Soviets murdered around 30–34 Polish prisoners in Augustów as part of the NKVD prisoner massacres. The Nazi German forces occupied Augustów until 1944, and operated a forced labour camp in the town. World War II brought the destruction of about 70% of the town and death or departure of most of its residents, amongst them a community of several thousand Jews who were imprisoned in the ghetto situated between the canal and the river. The Germans executed practically all of them before they left. In 1945 the Soviets conducted the nearby Augustów roundup – a special operation against former Armia Krajowa anticommunist fighters. Polish Institute of National Remembrance has declared the 1945 Augustów roundup "the largest crime committed by the Soviets on Polish lands after World War II".

After the war, the recreational base of the city was further expanded. In 1946, the city had 7.2 thousand inhabitants. In 1954, several rural settlements were excluded from the city area, but in 1973, the city expanded to include several villages, forests and six lakes. In the years 1975–1998, the city was located in the Suwałki Voivodeship. In 1999, the city became part of newly created Podlaskie Voivodeship, and the seat of the Augustów district and the Augustów urban gmina.

Demographics

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Transport

Road transport

National roads 8 (Kudowa-Zdrój–Budzisko), 16 (Dolna Grupa–Ogrodniki and 61 (Warsaw–Augustów), as well as voivodeship roads 664 (Augustów–Lipszczany) and 672 (Augustów–Suwałki) pass through the town.

;Augustów ring road controversy The construction of the Augustów bypass called Via Baltica, through the wetlands of the Rospuda Valley, attracted great controversy in 2007. The work was halted after the European Commission applied for an immediate injunction.

Rail transport

Railway line 40 (Sokółka–Suwałki) passes through the town. Augustów has a railway station.

Tourism

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Augustów_nocą.JPG" caption="Boulevard in Augustów on the [[Augustów Canal"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Augustow._Park.jpg" caption="Monument of King [[Sigismund II Augustus]] in central Augustów"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Jezioro_Studzieniczne.JPG" caption="Studzieniczne Lake"] ::

The town, although small, has many attractions for the visitors. Oficerski Yacht Club Hotel, built in the 1930s, is an army yacht club that has been restored and converted into a resort. It is located on the edge of one of many lakes in the region. Pope John Paul II has a memorial chair from the first and last time he visited the town right outside the club. Boat tours are also popular and the old town square still has its original cobblestone streets.

Every year hundreds of bikers come to Augustowskie Motonoce bikers festival. Bands that over years participated in celebration include , AGE, ZZ Top Czech Revival Band, AC/DC Show Ukraina, Kraków Street Band, etc.

Cuisine

Among the popular traditional dishes of north-eastern Poland, including Augustów, are kartacze and potato babka. Popular regional cakes are sękacz and mrowisko (lit. transl. "anthill"). Officially protected traditional foods from Augustów and its surroundings include the Augustów honey (miód augustowski) which comes in several variants, and augustowska jagodzianka, a local yeast roll stuffed with blueberries and topped with streusel, a popular dessert.

Sports

The main sports club of the town is with football and canoeing sections.

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Augustów is twinned with:

;Former twin towns:

Notable residents

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

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