Mokobody
Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Mokobody [mɔkɔˈbɔdɨ] is a village in Siedlce County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the historical region of Podlachia.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mokobody.
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Mokobody | |
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Village | |
Saint Hedwig Church | |
  Mokobody | |
| Coordinates: 52°17′N 22°7′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Siedlce |
| Gmina | Mokobody |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WSI |
| Website | http://www.mokobody.pl/ |
History
In 1496, it was granted Chełmno town rights with two annual fairs by Alexander Jagiellon.[2] King Sigismund I the Old allowed to change the name to Nowe Miasto, meaning "new town", however, the old name remained in use.[2] It was a private town of the Chreptowicz and Ossoliński noble families,[2] administratively located in the Drohiczyn County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] In 1774, King Stanisław August Poniatowski established eight annual fairs.[2]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Mokobody was occupied by Germany until 1944.
