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Locantion
The Junior High is located in Bodzanów.
Bodzanów is a rural commune located in central Poland within the Płock District, Mazowieckie (Mazovia) Voivodeship. Its seat is the bi-village of Bodzanów-Chodkowo. The commune is connected by the interregional road number 62 with Polish capital – Warszawa (90 km) and the third largest city of Mazovia and the centre of Polish oil processing industry – Płock (15 km)
History
Commune of Bodzanów constitutes a part of a historic Mazovia and its former Płock Land and Wyszogród Land, separated by the Mołtawa river. First settlement took place between 2300 and 800 B.C.
Bodzanów has always been the main economic centre of the area. It was mentioned for the first time as early as the ended by XII century. Originally it was a trade settlement located in a route connecting Scandinavia with Byzantium. In 1351 Bolesław, the Prince of Mazovia, granted it a town status. The town lived with a trade of agricultural products using both land and water (The Vistula River) routes and via Gdańsk supplying European markets. Horse fairs of Bodzanów were particularly renowned. The period of prosperity ended by bXII century with an economic downturn initiated by Swedish military invasions and following wars, natural disasters and epidemics. In the end of XVIII century it had just 100 inhabitants. In 1869 it lost its town status.
Russian occupation resulted in an inflow of Jewish population, pushed out of ethnic Russia by Tsars’ hostile policy. Its number grew from 64 in 1808 to 240 in 1857 and 807 in 1921 (38% of the total population). The Jews in Bodzanów dealt mainly with trade and craft. World War II brought death and damage to the area. The Nazi exterminated the Jewish citizens in Treblinka, catholic priests in Działodowo, hunged publicly 13 Polish patriots. The synagogue was dismantled and the church turned into a grain store.
After the war the Commune started to rebuild gradually its potential.
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