The square is located between the Dluga, Wolnosci and Bulwar Streets. It received the name of the father dedicated to Sokolow on 18th April, 2002, pursuant to a resolution of the City Council. Father canon Stanislaw Pielasa (1906 – 1985) was the architect of the current church of Immaculate Heart …
The boulder with the plaque attached to it, commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Sokolow Volunteer Fire Department, located at Wolnosci Street. Sokolow Fire Department, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest in the Podlasie region. Many of its members earned in the battles for independence.
The plaque placed on the building at Wilczynski Street, next to the statue of Fr. Brzoska. It commemorates the famous photographer and mayor of Sokolow in the years 1944-1950.
The Papal Altar is a precious memento of the seventh pilgrimage of the Polish Pope St. John Paul II to his homeland. On 10th June 1999, at the altar, the Holy Father celebrated the Ecumenical Mass in Drohiczyn. The builders of the altar were people from Sokolow, the leader of …
The railway station was constructed approximately 1890, shortly after siedlecko-malkinska railway line, representing a section of Warszawa-Terespol iron road, was run. It is known that this line was started in 1887, and it had – in addition end stations – two middle stations (Sokołow and Telaki) and three stops (Podniesno, …
The first church in Sokolow was founded on 12th May 1415 by Mikolaj Sepienski, owner of the property, adviser and secretary of Duke Witold. On 3rd October 1424, Wlodzimierz bishop Grzegorz erected and equipped the parish in tithe of Sokolow and surrounding villages. After the Sepienscy family, owners of Sokolow …
Wooden church of St. Roch in Sokolow is now located at St. Roch Street, joining Węgrowska Street and Wiejska Street. It was moved to this place in 1980 from Kosowska Street. Legend connects temple erection with epidemic, which decimated the population of Sokolow. One of them, coming back at night …
The Hirschmann family constructed the sugar factory in Sokolow-Przezdziatka. It was family of manufacturers from Warsaw, of German origin, of evangelical religion. The family specialized in household chemicals. At Solec street in Warsaw the Hirschman family run chemical factory (mainly of soap and candles), with subsidiary in Tarchomin. August Hirschman …
The oldest record of Przezdziatka come from the beginning of the 15th century, when Lithuanian Grand Duke Witold provided Sokołów together with the adjacent villages and farmlands to his secretary Mikolaj Sepienski, of Novina herb. In 1415, the village was included into the first church of St. Michael Archangel and …
The chapel of St. Jan Nepomucen The precious monument in the city is a wooden chapel with a folk statue of St. Jan Nepomucen, placed in 1806. The pillar chapel made of the trunk of an oak covered with boards, topped with a chapel, included volute run-off, with the plaque …