Annopol
Annopol [aˈnːɔpɔl] ⓘ is a town in south-eastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland), located in Kraśnik County. It has been situated in Lublin Voivodeship since 1999, having previously been located in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975–1998). Annopol has an area of 7.73 square kilometres (2.98 square miles),[3] and as of June 2022 it has 2,335 inhabitants.[4]
Annopol | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Church of Saints Joachim and Anna | |
| Coordinates: 50°53′07″N 21°51′25″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Lublin |
| County | Kraśnik |
| Gmina | Annopol |
| Town rights[1] | 1 January 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mirosław Gazda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.73 km2 (2.98 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,335 |
| • Density | 302/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code[6] | 23-235 |
| Area code[7] | +48 15 |
| Number plates[8] | LKR |
| Website | http://www.annopol.info |
Annopol received town rights in 1761, lost them in 1870[citation needed] and regained on 1 January 1996.[1] Its coat of arms shows St. Anna, the patron saint of the town (the name means Anna's city, from Greek polis). It owes its picturesque location to the Lesser Polish Gorge of the Vistula.
Jews began to settle in the town in the early 1600s.[9] 73% of the town's population was Jewish by 1921. During the Holocaust, a ghetto was created by the Germans. Jews from nearby villages and smaller towns, as well as from Kalisz and Łódź, were displaced to the Annopol ghetto. Jews from the ghetto were sent to the labor camps in nearby Rachów and Janiszów.[10] The ghetto was liquidated on October 15, 1943 and most of the Jews were murdered at the Belzec extermination camp.[9]
The history of Annopol is inextricably linked to that of Annopol-Rachów village close by, often combined as one and the same in written records.[9][11]
Annopol does not have a rail station, but the town is placed along national road 74, which goes from Piotrków Trybunalski to the Ukrainian border at the village of Zosin. Voivodeship roads 824 and 854 also pass through the town. The Vistula river road bridge at Annopol was built in 1967.
- Bridge over Vistula in Annopol
- Interior of St. Joachim and Anne Church
- Jewish cemetery
- Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 19 grudnia 1995 r. w sprawie nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta, Dz. U. z 1995 r. Nr 153, poz. 780 (1995-12-19)
- "Burmistrz" [Mayor]. www.annopol.info (in Polish). Urząd Miejski w Annopolu. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- "Local Data Bank". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 4 December 2022. Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 0607024.
- "Local Data Bank". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 23 February 2023. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 0607024.
- "Local Data Bank". bdl.stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. Retrieved 23 February 2023. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 0607024.
- "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). poczta-polska.pl (in Polish). Poczta Polska. pp. 6, 1655. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- "History of the community". sztetl.org.pl. Virtual Shtetl. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- "Rachow-Annopol; Pirkei Edut We-Zikaron". jewishgen.org. JewishGen. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- Annopol is not to be confused with any one of Annopol towns in the Ukraine, also spelled Hannopil (Аннополь, Ганнопіль) in Vinnyts'ka, Khmel'nyts'ka, Kharkivs'ka and Zhytomyr Oblasts. The town in the Yad Vashem listing, Anipoli, may be one of the Ukrainian Annopol towns, quote: Yiddish Anipoli or Hanipol. The town was an important Hassidic study center. The Maggid of Mezritch is buried there as well as Rabbi Zusha of Hanipol (note spelling), who is named after this town. See: About Jewish Annopol (Hebrew) on Yad Vashem's Ghetto Encyclopedia website.
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- Official website (in Polish)
- Jewish community of Annopol on Virtual Shtetl
- Annopol, Poland at JewishGen