Zakroczym (Poland)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
זאקרוצ'ים (פולין)
Name (Latin)
Zakroczym (Poland)
Other forms of name
Zakroczyn (Poland)
זאקרטשין (פולין)
זקרטשין (פולין)
זאקראטשין (פולין)
Coordinates
020.5727112 020.6596068 052.4686431 052.4157391 (gooearth )
Associated country
Poland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 159502474
Wikidata: Q144773
Library of congress: n 84224910
Sources of Information
  • Plewczyński, M. Grody nadwiślańskie, 1982:
  • BGN phone call 1-28-85
  • Lippincott
Wikipedia description:

Zakroczym ([zaˈkrɔt͡ʂɨm]; Yiddish: זאקראטשין Zakrotshin) is a small town in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located at around 52°26′16″N 20°36′43″E. The Vistula River flows through the town. Zakroczym has a long and rich history: in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was the capital of an administrative unit (ziemia), part of Mazovian Voivodeship. Also, Zakroczym was a royal town of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The town lies at the intersection of two main roads - national road 62, and national road 7.

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