Hrubieszów
Hrubieszów | |
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Browar Sulewski - local brewery | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Hrubieszów | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′N 23°53′E / 50.817°N 23.883°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Hrubieszów |
| Gmina | Hrubieszów (urban gmina) |
| First mentioned | 1254 |
| Town rights | 1400 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marta Majewska |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.03 km2 (12.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (660 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 18,212 |
| • Density | 551.4/km2 (1,428/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 22-500 |
| Car plates | LHR |
| National roads | |
| Voivodeship roads | |
| Website | Official website |
Hrubieszów is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of around 18,212 (2016). It is the capital of Hrubieszów County within the Lublin Voivodeship.
Throughout history, the town's culture and architecture was strongly shaped by its Polish Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic and Jewish inhabitants. Almost all of the Jewish community of the town, however, perished in the Holocaust. Hrubieszów is also the birthplace of the Polish writer, novelist and author of popular books Bolesław Prus, and the entrepreneur and Holocaust survivor Henry Orenstein.