Mokobody

Mokobody
Village
Saint Hedwig Church
Saint Hedwig Church
Mokobody is located in Poland
Mokobody
Mokobody
Location within Poland
Coordinates: 52°17′N 22°7′E / 52.283°N 22.117°E / 52.283; 22.117
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountySiedlce
GminaMokobody
Population
 • Total
1,600
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWSI
Websitehttp://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.

History

In 1496, it was granted Chełmno town rights with two annual fairs by Alexander Jagiellon. King Sigismund I the Old allowed to change the name to Nowe Miasto, meaning "new town", however, the old name remained in use. It was a private town of the Chreptowicz and Ossoliński noble families, administratively located in the Drohiczyn County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1774, King Stanisław August Poniatowski established eight annual fairs.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office]. Statistics Poland (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. 1 2 3 4 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 620.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo podlaskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2021. p. 1.