Mokobody

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

52°17′N 22°7′E / 52.283°N 22.117°E / 52.283; 22.117Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountySiedlceGminaMokobodyPopulation

• Total1,600Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationWSIWebsitehttp://www.mokobody.pl/

Mokobody [mɔkɔˈbɔdɨ] is a village in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the historical region of Podlachia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mokobody.^[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Siedlce and 77 km (48 mi) east of Warsaw.

History

In 1496, it was granted Chełmno town rights with two annual fairs by Alexander Jagiellon.^[2] King Sigismund I the Old allowed to change the name to Nowe Miasto, meaning "new town", however, the old name remained in use.^[2] It was a private town of the Chreptowicz and Ossoliński noble families.^[2] In 1774, King Stanisław August Poniatowski established eight annual fairs.^[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Mokobody was occupied by Germany until 1944.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 620.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)