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Private town
Town owned by a private person or family
A private town is a town owned by a private person or a family.
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In the history of Poland, private towns (miasta prywatne) were towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights, princes, etc.
Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, Rzeszów, Puławy, Tarnów, Siedlce, Biała Podlaska, Ivano-Frankivsk (Polish: Stanisławów), Ternopil (Polish: Tarnopol) and Uman (Polish: Humań). Magnate palaces and castles can be often found in former private magnate towns. Examples include the Branicki Palace in Białystok, the Czartoryski Palace in Puławy, the Zamoyski Palace in Zamość, the Lubomirski Castle in Rzeszów, the Radziwiłł Palace in Biała Podlaska, the Ogiński Palace in Siedlce, the Potocki Palaces in Międzyrzec Podlaski, Tulchyn and Vysokaye, the Wiśniowiecki Palace in Vyshnivets, the Zbaraski Castle in Zbarazh.
Also various other landmarks were often founded by the owners, including town halls, churches, monasteries, schools, theatres, etc., some rather unique, like the Mannerist Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park and Baroque fortified Berdychiv Carmelite Monastery.
The most known former private bishop towns include Łódź, Kielce, Łowicz, Pabianice and Skierniewice.
Private magnate towns
Former Polish private magnate towns by population as of 2015:[1][2]
Private clergy towns
Former Polish private clergy towns by population as of 2015:
| City | Population (2015) |
Former owners | Country (2023) |
Administrative division (2023) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Łódź | 711,332 | Diocese of Kujawy[4] |  Poland |
Łódź Voivodeship |
| 2. | Kielce | 199,870 | Diocese of Kraków | Poland |
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship |
| 3. | Olsztyn | 174,675 | Diocese of Warmia | Poland |
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship |
| 4. | Włocławek | 114,885 | Diocese of Kujawy | Poland |
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| 5. | Suwałki | 69,317 | Camaldolese | Poland |
Podlaskie Voivodeship |
| 6. | Pabianice | 67,688 | Diocese of Kraków[5] | Poland |
Łódź Voivodeship |
| 7. | Skierniewice | 48,634 | Archdiocese of Gniezno | Poland |
Łódź Voivodeship |
| 8. | Fastiv (Fastów) | 47,869 | Diocese of Kyiv |  Ukraine |
Kyiv Oblast |
| 9. | Marijampolė (Mariampol) | 38,345 | Marians |  Lithuania |
Marijampolė County |
| 10. | Czeladź | 32,940 | Diocese of Kraków | Poland |
Silesian Voivodeship |
Sights
- World Heritage Sites in former private towns of Poland
- Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część II. Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 254.
- Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część II. Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 67.
- Atlas historyczny Polski. Województwo sieradzkie i województwo łęczyckie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część II. Komentarz, indeksy (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1998. p. 68.