# Chorzele > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chorzele > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chorzele.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorzele > Source revision: 1346849768 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the village of the same name|Chorzele, Podlaskie Voivodeship}} {{Multiple issues| {{prose|date=May 2020}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} }} {{Infobox settlement | name = Chorzele | image_skyline = Chorzele (powiat przasnyski).jpeg | image_caption = View towards the town | image_shield = POL Chorzele COA new.svg | image_flag = POL Chorzele flag.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [Voivodeship](/source/Voivodeships_of_Poland) | subdivision_name1 = [Masovian](/source/Masovian_Voivodeship) | subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Powiat) | subdivision_name2 = [Przasnysz](/source/Przasnysz_County) | subdivision_type3 = [Gmina](/source/Gmina) | subdivision_name3 = [Chorzele](/source/Gmina_Chorzele) | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Beata Szczepankowska (since 2010) | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1444 | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1542-1870, 1919 | area_total_km2 = 17.51 | population_as_of = 31 December 2021{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-06-15|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 1422024. | population_total = 3047 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|53|15|N|20|54|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 06-330{{cite web|url=https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|title=Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych|website=Poczta Polska|access-date=30 December 2025|language=pl|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|url-status=live}} | area_code = +48 29 | blank_name = [Car plates](/source/Polish_car_number_plates) | blank_info = WPZ | website = http://www.chorzele.pl/ }} '''Chorzele''' {{IPAc-pl|h|o|'|ż|e|l|e}} is a town in [Przasnysz County](/source/Przasnysz_County), [Masovian Voivodeship](/source/Masovian_Voivodeship), [Poland](/source/Poland), on the [Orzyc River](/source/Orzyc_(river)).{{TERYT}} As of December 2021, the town has a population of 3,047. The town is crossed by the national road No. 57 [Bartoszyce](/source/Bartoszyce) - [Pułtusk](/source/Pu%C5%82tusk) and provincial roads 614 to [Myszyniec](/source/Myszyniec) and 616 to [Ciechanów](/source/Ciechan%C3%B3w). The international airport in [Szymany](/source/Szymany%2C_Szczytno_County) is located {{convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the city. == History == thumb|left|upright|16th-century town seal of Chorzele The first mention of Chorzele comes from a document of Duke [Bolesław IV of Warsaw](/source/Boles%C5%82aw_IV_of_Warsaw) from 1444. The names comes from the [Old Polish](/source/Old_Polish) word ''orz'' or ''horz'', similarly to the name of the Orzyc river. It was a settlement situated on the edge of the forest. It was vested with [town rights](/source/town_rights) in 1542.{{cite web|url=https://chorzele.pl/?c=mdTresc-cmPokaz-74|title=Kalendarium|website=Urząd Miasta i Gminy Chorzele|accessdate=13 December 2020|language=pl}} Chorzele was a [royal town](/source/Royal_city_in_Poland) of the [Crown of the Kingdom of Poland](/source/Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland), administratively located in the Przasnysz County in the [Masovian Voivodeship](/source/Masovian_Voivodeship_(1526%E2%80%931795)) in the [Greater Poland Province](/source/Greater_Poland_Province%2C_Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland).{{cite book|author=|title=Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN](/source/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN)|page=3}} It had trade contacts with [Russia](/source/Russia). The town was devastated during the [Swedish invasion of Poland](/source/Deluge_(history)) (''Deluge'') in the 1655–1656. To help revive the town, in 1690 King [John III Sobieski](/source/John_III_Sobieski) granted new [privileges](/source/Privilege_(law)), including annual [fair](/source/fair)s. The inhabitants fought against the invading Swedes in 1708 during the [Great Northern War](/source/Great_Northern_War). Kings [Augustus III of Poland](/source/Augustus_III_of_Poland) and [Stanisław August Poniatowski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_August_Poniatowski) granted new privileges in 1757 and 1776. In 1795 it became part of the [Prussian Partition](/source/Prussian_Partition) of Poland after the [Third Partition of Poland](/source/Third_Partition_of_Poland). In 1807 it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Polish [Duchy of Warsaw](/source/Duchy_of_Warsaw), and in 1815 it became part of [Congress Poland](/source/Congress_Poland) in the [Russian Partition](/source/Russian_Partition) of Poland. It was a governmental town of Congress Poland, administratively located in the Płock Voivodeship, and then in the [Płock Governorate](/source/P%C5%82ock_Governorate). In the 19th century the industry developed, large [livestock](/source/livestock) [fair](/source/fair)s took place, and the town experienced a rapid growth of the [Jewish](/source/Jews) population, which settled following the persecution and expulsion of Jews from [Russia](/source/Russian_Empire) to the Russian Partition of Poland (see ''[Pale of Settlement](/source/Pale_of_Settlement)''). Fights of the Polish [November Uprising](/source/November_Uprising) (1830–1831) were fought in the area. During the [January Uprising](/source/January_Uprising), on February 3, 1863, Polish insurgents attacked stationed Russian troops in the town, and forced them to withdraw towards [Opaleniec](/source/Opaleniec).{{cite book|last=Zieliński|first=Stanisław|title=Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|year=1913|language=pl|publisher=Fundusz Wydawniczy [Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu](/source/Polish_Museum%2C_Rapperswil)|location=Rapperswil|page=225}} Another clash between Polish insurgents and Russian troops occurred on March 14, 1863.Zieliński, p. 229 In 1870 the municipal rights were revoked by the Russian administration as punishment for the uprising. In 1905 Chorzele was inhabited by 2,301 [Jews](/source/Jews), constituting 57% of the population. During [World War I](/source/World_War_I) Chorzele suffered war damages that eventually limited the development of the town in the [interbellum](/source/interbellum), and from November 1914 to 1918 it was under [German](/source/German_Empire) occupation. In 1916 Chorzele obtained a railway connection. thumb|left|upright|Mural commemorating the Polish victory in the Battle of Chorzele in 1920 After the war, in 1918, Poland regained independence, and in 1919 the town rights were restored. The Battle of Chorzele was fought during the [Polish–Soviet War](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War) on August 23, 1920. A Polish [Border Guard](/source/Border_Guard_(Poland)) station was located in the town in the interwar period. According to the [1921 census](/source/1921_Polish_census), the town had a population of 2,454, 64.7% [Polish](/source/Polish_people) and 35.3% Jewish.{{cite book|author=|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Tom I|year=1925|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=126}} In 1930, Chorzele was visited by [President of Poland](/source/President_of_Poland), [Ignacy Mościcki](/source/Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki). Following the joint German-Soviet [invasion of Poland](/source/invasion_of_Poland), which started [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in September 1939, the town was [occupied by Germany](/source/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)), which directly annexed it into the [Third Reich](/source/Nazi_Germany) and renamed it ''Chorzellern''. In late 1939, local [Polish](/source/Polish_people) priests Andrzej Krysiak and Franciszek Burawski were deported to the [Soldau concentration camp](/source/Soldau_concentration_camp) and then murdered there.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[IPN](/source/Institute_of_National_Remembrance)|page=228}} In 1940–1941, the [anti-Polish](/source/Anti-Polish_sentiment) [propaganda film](/source/propaganda_film) ''[Heimkehr](/source/Heimkehr)'' was shot in the town. In 1941, the Germans deported the local Jewish population, which was later exterminated in the [Holocaust](/source/Holocaust). On 20 January 1945, the town was captured by [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) troops of the 32nd Cavalry Division of the [3rd Army](/source/3rd_Army_(Soviet_Union)). It was afterwards restored to Poland, however with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which then stayed in power until the [Fall of Communism](/source/Fall_of_Communism) in the 1980s. In December 1945, a unit of the [Polish underground resistance](/source/Anti-communist_resistance_in_Poland_(1944%E2%80%931946)) broke the arrest of the [Citizen's Militia](/source/Milicja_Obywatelska) and released 14 soldiers of the resistance movement. In 1975, the Municipality of Chorzele was located within the framework of [Ostrołęka Voivodeship](/source/Ostro%C5%82%C4%99ka_Voivodeship), and since 1999 under the [Przasnysz County](/source/Przasnysz_County) in the [Masovian Voivodeship](/source/Masovian_Voivodeship). == Demographics == Detailed data as of 31 December 2021: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" !Description|| colspan=2|All || colspan=2|Women || colspan=2|Men |- |Unit || person || percentage || person || percentage || person || percentage |-- |Population || '''3047'''|| 100 || 1551 || 50.9% || 1496 || 49.1% |-- |Population density || colspan=2| 174.0|| colspan=2| 88.6|| colspan=2| 85.4 |} ===Number of inhabitants by year=== {{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1921|2454|1995|2643|2000|2780|2005|2780|2010|2969|2015|3030|2020|3100|2021|3047 |source=}} {{clear|left}} == Monuments == [[File:Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Chorzelach.jpeg|thumb|[Tadeusz Kościuszko](/source/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko) Monument]] thumb|Holy Trinity church Monuments include: *Holy Trinity Church from 1878 to 1930. *A malfunctioning wooden windmill from the 19th century. *A statue of [Tadeusz Kosciuszko](/source/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko). *A 19th-century Jewish cemetery devastated during the German occupation. == Culture == There are festivals in Chorzele, such as the folklore meeting or Sundays in the city. In addition, art and recitation competitions and a song festival are organized. There is a Public Library in the city. There are also firefighting competitions. == Mayors of Chorzele == * Krzysztof Nieliwodzki (1998-1999) * Janusz Nidzgorski (1999-2002) * Andrzej Krawczyk (2002-2006) * Wojciech Kobyliński (2006-2010) * Beata Szczepankowska (since 2010) == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://gminachorzele.pl/ Official town and gmina webpage] * [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/chorzele/ Jewish Community in Chorzele] on Virtual Shtetl * [https://www.infoprzasnysz.com/category/chorzele/ Infoprzasnysz.com - News from Chorzele] {{Gmina Chorzele}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Category:Przasnysz County --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chorzele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorzele) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorzele?action=history)). 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