Choroszcz

53°8′N 22°59′E / 53.133°N 22.983°E / 53.133; 22.983Country PolandVoivodeshipPodlaskieCountyBiałystokGminaChoroszczTown rights1507Government • MayorRobert WardzińskiArea • Total16.79 km² (6.48 sq mi)Elevation130−175 m (500 ft)Population • Total5,960 • Density350/km² (920/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code+48 85Car platesBIAHighwaysWebsitehttp://choroszcz.pl/

Choroszcz ([ˈxɔrɔʂt͡ʂ]) is a town in north-eastern Poland, located in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Choroszcz.

The Baroque palace in Choroszcz was the summer residence of the noble Branicki family, and is now part of the Museum of Polish Interiors. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 5,960.^[1]

History

Choroszcz was granted town rights by King Sigismund I the Old in 1507. It was a private town, administratively located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province. Jan Klemens Branicki erected a Baroque palace, which served as the summer residence of the Branicki family. Following the Third Partition of Poland, in 1795, it was annexed by Prussia. In 1807, it passed to the Russian Partition of Poland. Choroszcz was one of the sites of Russian executions of Polish insurgents during the January Uprising.^[2] The execution sites are now marked by memorials.^[3] Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the town.

In 1930, a psychiatric hospital was established in the town.^[4]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. In 1940, the Russians closed the psychiatric hospital and deported some patients to the Soviet Union, while others were relocated to the local rectory.^[4] In 1941, the Germans massacred several hundred remaining patients of the psychiatric hospital in today's Nowosiółki district as part of Aktion T4.^[4]

After the war, it was administratively located in the "large" Białystok Voivodeship until 1975, and then the "small" Białystok Voivodeship until 1998.

Demographics

Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:^[1]

Description	All		Women		Men
Unit	person	percentage	person	percentage	person	percentage
Population	5960	100	2979	50.0%	2981	50.0%
Population density	355.0		177.5		177.5

In the 1921 census, 81.2% people declared Polish nationality, 16.2% declared Jewish nationality and 1.8% declared German nationality.^[5] Choroszcz had 827 Jewish residents in 1897, and 450 in 1921. Nearly all were murdered in the Holocaust by the Germans during the Second World War.^{[citation needed]}

Number of inhabitants by year

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1897 2,464 —     1910 2,700 +9.6% 1921 2,405 −10.9% 1931 2,905 +20.8% 1939 3,028 +4.2% 1950 2,700 −10.8% 1960 3,607 +33.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1995 5,132 +42.3% 2000 5,679 +10.7% 2005 5,424 −4.5% 2010 5,687 +4.8% 2015 5,789 +1.8% 2020 5,926 +2.4%
Source: [5][6][7][1]

Transport

Roads in Choroszcz:

• E67 Helsinki – Kaunas – Warsaw – Praga,
• S 8 Kudowa-Zdrój - Wrocław - Warsaw - Białystok - Suwałki - Budzisko,

Planned roads:

• S 19 - Białystok ring road

Local transportation

For Choroszcz Take Bus 103 from the center of Białystok. Choroszcz is located 6 km from the borders of Bialystok.

Education

• Kindergarten of Pope John Paul II
• Primary school of Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Public high school

Sport

The football club in Choroszcz it Narew Choroszcz occurring in the competition organized by the Podlaski Football Association - is the current Senior Class in the District. There are 3 teams that occur every day in the municipal league competitions: LZS Choroszcz, Choroszcz Rajkom and Lambada.

The main streets

• PL:Branickiego
• PL:Lipowa
• PL:Powstania Styczniowego EN - January Uprising
• PL:Henryka Sienkiewicza
• PL:Adam Mickiewicza
• PL:Aleja Niepodległości EN - Independence avenue
• PL:Ogrodowa
• PL:Dominikańska

Streets in Choroszcz

Streets	Length in meters	Sidewalk in metres (left)	Sidewalk in metres (right)	Bike path in metres
3-Maja	910 (170m asphalt)	170	170
Adama Mickiewicza	2 150	2 150	540
Akacjowa	310	310	310
Aleja Niepodległości	950	50	200
Aleksandra Chodkiewicza	170	170	170
Armii Krajowej	150
Batalionów Chłopskich	195
Białostocka	1 450	505	505
Bobrowa	395
Brzozowa	200	200	200
Chabrowa	215
Chmielna	940
Dominikańska	360	360	360
Dzika	335		80	80
gen. Zygmunta Berlinga	150	150	150
Henryka Sienkiewicza	840	840	840
Jana Klemensa Branickiego	380	380	380
Józefa Ignacego Kraszewskiego	140
Józefa Piłsudskiego	365	365	365
Juliusza Słowackiego	200	200
kard. Stefana Wyszyńskiego	160	160	160
Klonowa	105	105	105
Kolonia Gaj	1 100
Konwaliowa	90
Kościukowska	1 700 (540m asphalt)	90	540
Kruszewska	1 780 (16 650 in gmina)			1 780 (7 100 in gmina)
Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego	220
ks. Franciszka Pieściuka	130	130	130
Legionowa	215
Leśna	145
Lipowa	405	405	405
Lisia	195
Łąkowa	245
Mieczysława Sarosieka	165
Narwiańska	205
Ogrodowa	669	550	119
Piaskowa	1 150	450	450
Podleśna	300	165
Powstania Styczniowego	576	576	576
Romualda Traugutta	65
Rumiankowa	245
Rybacka	810
Sarnia	235
Słoneczna	315	315	315
Sosnowa	55
Spławikowa	130
Sportowa	220	140	215
Stefana Mikołaja Paca	340
Stefana Żeromskiego	80
Szkolna	155	155	155
Szpitalna	210	210	210
Szyszkowizna	490
Świerkowa	125	125	125
Tadeusza Kościuszki	1 150 (450m pol-bruk)	450	450
Torfowa	695
Tykocińska	240
Warszawska ( S 8)	2 930 (11 085 in gmina)	350		3 500 (11 750 in gmina)
Wędkarska	220
Władysława Raginisa	80	80	80
Wodociągowa	140
Zaczerlańska	1 310
Zamkowa	120
Zastawie I	1 460		600
Zastawie II	1 420
Zastawie III	1 100 =2 300
Żółtkowska	1 110 (300m sett)	140	100
Żwirowa	380

Gravel	Sett	Asphalt	concrete slabs

References

External links

• Polish Culture: Museum of Polish Interiors
• Museum of Palace Insteriors in Choroszcz (in Polish)