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Place in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Glinojeck
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Coordinates: 52°49′N 20°17′E / 52.817°N 20.283°E / 52.817; 20.283
Country Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Ciechanów
Gmina Glinojeck
Established 15th century
Town rights 1993
Government
• Mayor Łukasz Kapczyński
Area
• Total 7.37 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total 3,052
• Density 414/km2 (1,070/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 06-450
Area code +48 23
Car plates WCI
National roads
Website http://www.glinojeck.net/

Glinojeck [ɡlʲiˈnɔjɛt͡sk] is a town in Poland,[1] with 3,087 inhabitants (2004).

A sugar refinery was founded in Glinojeck in 1858.[2]

During the German occupation (World War II), disabled people from Glinojeck were murdered by the Germans in a massacre carried out in February 1940 in the nearby village of Ościsłowo.[3]

  1. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 590.{{[cite book](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fbook "Template:Cite book")}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 236.