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Wizna
Village
Saint John the Baptist church of Wizna
Saint John the Baptist church of Wizna
Wizna is located in Poland
Wizna
Wizna
Coordinates: 53°12′N 22°23′E / 53.200°N 22.383°E / 53.200; 22.383
CountryWizna Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyŁomża
GminaWizna
Population
1,300
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationBLM
National roads
Websitehttp://www.wizna.pl/

Wizna [ˈvizna] is a village in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, situated on the Narew River. Wizna is known for the battle of Wizna which took place in its vicinity during the 1939 Invasion of Poland at the start of World War II.[1]

Farming and food production are the primary sources of income for the residents. The food production by private farms provides favorable conditions for the development of processing industry.

  1. ^ (in Polish) Wizna, Gminne Centrum Informacji (official website)

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Wizna

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Wizna [ˈvizna] is a village in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, situated on the Narew River. Wizna is known for the battle...

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Battle of Wizna

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The Battle of Wizna was fought between September 7 and September 10, 1939, between the forces of Poland and Germany during the initial stages of the invasion...

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Wizna Land

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Wizna Land (Polish: ziemia wiska), named after the town of Wizna, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Duchy of Mazovia, Kingdom of Poland and the...

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Duchy of Wizna

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Duchy of Wizna was a district principality and a fiefdom within the United Kingdom of Poland, and later the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The country...

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Narew

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Bug as German forces had already penetrated the defenses. The Battle of Wizna was fought along the banks of the river between September 7 and September...

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Biebrza

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is a river in northeastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew River (near Wizna), with a length of 164 kilometers (102 mi) and a basin area of 7,092 km2...

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Gmina Wizna

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Gmina Wizna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Wizna, which...

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Army Group North

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Battle of Mława, the Battle of Różan, the Battle of Łomża, the Battle of Wizna and the Battle of Brześć Litewski. Important battles of the 4th Army included...

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Commanders of World War II

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Oberkommando des Heeres Died in 1954. Oberkommando des Heeres Battle of Wizna Battle of Kobryń Invasion of Luxembourg Battle of France Battle of Sedan...

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List of World War II battles

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Battle of Jordanów Battle of Borowa Góra Battle of Grudziądz Battle of Wizna Battle of Radom Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski Battle of Hel Battle of the...

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Podlaskie Voivodeship

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John the Baptist Cathedral in Łomża and Saint John the Baptist church in Wizna, the Renaissance Old Parish Church in Białystok and the adjacent Białystok...

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XIX Army Corps

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threat. Guderian refers to this battle as the Bunkerkampf bei Wizna, 'bunker combat near Wizna'. Raginis, the Polish commander, was killed in action on 10...

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Jedwabne pogrom

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population increased as refugees arrived from nearby Radziłów and Wizna. In Wizna, the town's Polish "civil head" (wójt) had ordered the Jewish community's...

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Kramkowo

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of Gmina Wizna, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Wizna, 19 km (12 mi)...

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List of suicides

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Krajewski, Andrzej (September 4, 2009). "Polskie Termopile, czyli cud pod Wizną". Polska the Times (in Polish). 207 (575): 16–17. ISSN 1898-3081. Preston...

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Urke Nachalnik

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Nachalnik, a Yeshiva boy who was born to a well to do Jewish family in Wizna, (a village near the town of Łomża, Poland), became a criminal and then...

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List of last stands

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Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-03-02. "1939: Sept. 7, 1939 – Battle of Wizna". war1939.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06. Brnardic (2016), pp. 8–9....

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Personal union

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section above). Personal union between the Duchy of Płock and Duchy of Wizna in 1345–1351, 1381–1382 and 1435–1495. Personal union with the Grand Duchy...

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Niwkowo

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of Gmina Wizna, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Wizna, 19 km (12 mi)...

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