Private town

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Private towns[a] in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others.

Zamość in the 17th century

Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, Rzeszów, Puławy, Tarnów, Siedlce, Biała Podlaska, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Uman. Magnate palaces and castles can be often found in former private magnate towns. Examples include the Branicki Palace in Białystok; the Czartoryski Palace in Puławy; the Zamoyski Palace in Zamość; the Lubomirski Castle in Rzeszów; the Radziwiłł Palace in Biała Podlaska; the Ogiński Palace in Siedlce; the Potocki Palaces in Międzyrzec Podlaski, Tulchyn and Vysokaye; the Wiśniowiecki Palace in Vyshnivets; and the Zbaraski Castle in Zbarazh.

Also various other landmarks were often founded by the owners, including town halls, churches, monasteries, schools and theatres, some rather unique, like the Mannerist Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Park and Baroque fortified Berdychiv Carmelite Monastery.

Some of the most known former private bishop towns include Łódź, Kielce, Łowicz, Pabianice and Skierniewice.

List of private towns

City Population
(2015)[1][2] 		Former owners Country Administrative division
1. Białystok 295,282 House of Branicki (Gryf) Template:Flagcountry Podlaskie Voivodeship
2. Poltava (Połtawa) 294,962 House of Wiśniowiecki,
House of Koniecpolski 		Template:Flagcountry Poltava Oblast
3. Rivne (Równe) 249,639 House of Ostrogski,
House of Lubomirski 		Template:Flagcountry Rivne Oblast
4. Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanisławów) 228,575 House of Potocki Template:Flagcountry Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
5. Ternopil (Tarnopol) 217,773 House of Tarnowski,
House of Ostrogski,
House of Zamoyski 		Template:Flagcountry Ternopil Oblast
6. Rzeszów 183,108 House of Lubomirski Template:Flagcountry Podkarpackie Voivodeship
7. Tarnów 112,120 House of Tarnowski Template:Flagcountry Lesser Poland Voivodeship
8. Maladzyechna (Mołodeczno) 94,686 House of Sapieha,
House of Gosiewski,
House of Ogiński 		Template:Flagcountry Minsk Region
9. Uman (Humań) 86,451 House of Potocki Template:Flagcountry Cherkasy Oblast
10. Berdychiv (Berdyczów) 77,788 House of Tyszkiewicz,
House of Zawisza,
House of Radziwiłł 		Template:Flagcountry Zhytomyr Oblast
11. Siedlce 76,347 House of Ogiński Template:Flagcountry Masovian Voivodeship
12. Zhlobin (Żłobin) 75,700 House of Chodkiewicz

Bona Sforza

Template:Flagcountry Gomel Region
13. Ostrów Wielkopolski 72,890 House of Przebendowski Template:Flagcountry Greater Poland Voivodeship
14. Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 72,277 House of Tarnowski Template:Flagcountry Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
15. Smila (Smiła) 68,618 House of Lubomirski Template:Flagcountry Cherkasy Oblast
16. Chervonohrad (Krystynopol) 67,863 House of Potocki Template:Flagcountry Lviv Oblast
17. Kalush (Kałusz) 67,631 House of Sieniawski Template:Flagcountry Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
18. Zamość 65,255 House of Zamoyski Template:Flagcountry Lublin Voivodeship
19. Leszno 64,589 House of Leszczyński,[3]
House of Sułkowski 		Template:Flagcountry Greater Poland Voivodeship
20. Zhodzina (Żodzino) 63,722 House of Radziwiłł Template:Flagcountry Minsk Region

Private clergy towns

Former private clergy towns by population as of 2015:

City Population
(2015) 		Former owners Country
(2023) 		Administrative division (2023)
1. Łódź 711,332 Diocese of Kujawy[4] Template:Flagcountry Łódź Voivodeship
2. Kielce 199,870 Diocese of Kraków Template:Flagcountry Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
3. Olsztyn 174,675 Diocese of Warmia Template:Flagcountry Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
4. Włocławek 114,885 Diocese of Kujawy Template:Flagcountry Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
5. Suwałki 69,317 Camaldolese Template:Flagcountry Podlaskie Voivodeship
6. Pabianice 67,688 Diocese of Kraków[5] Template:Flagcountry Łódź Voivodeship
7. Skierniewice 48,634 Archdiocese of Gniezno Template:Flagcountry Łódź Voivodeship
8. Fastiv (Fastów) 47,869 Diocese of Kyiv Template:Flagcountry Kyiv Oblast
9. Marijampolė (Mariampol) 38,345 Marians Template:Flagcountry Marijampolė County
10. Czeladź 32,940 Diocese of Kraków Template:Flagcountry Silesian Voivodeship

See also

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