Jałówka, Gmina Michałowo, Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland.
Jałówka sits near the Belarus border in northeastern Poland, surrounded by agricultural fields and connected to nearby settlements through local roads.
The village experienced significant Jewish settlement beginning in 1690, with the population reaching 743 Jewish residents by 1878 and peaking at 750 around 1900.
The presence of both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in Jałówka demonstrates the religious diversity that has characterized this region through generations.
The village lies approximately 40 kilometers east-southeast of Białystok, making it accessible through the road network of Gmina Michałowo administrative district.
Two Jewish cemeteries once existed in Jałówka, with the newer hillside burial ground containing Hebrew-inscribed gravestones dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Location: Gmina Michałowo
GPS coordinates: 53.00528,23.90528
Latest update: March 9, 2025 12:55
Siemianówka Reservoir
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Ruiny kościoła św. Antoniego w Jałówce
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Cerkiew Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gródku
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Feast of the Cross church in Jałówka
167 m
Saint John the Baptist church in Nowa Wola
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Orthodox church of Saint George in Siemianówka
12.3 km
Orthodox church of Nativity of Virgin Mary in Juszkowy Gród
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Church of the Transfiguration in Jałówka
175 m
Orthodox church of Saint John the Evangelist in Mostowlany
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Orthodox church of The Lord's Resurrection in Bobrowniki
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Orthodox chapel in Jałówka
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Bobrowniki Border Control Post
13.2 km
Ruiny kościoła św. Antoniego w Jałówce
482 m
Latin church in Gródek
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Rabinówka natural reserve
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Saint Nicholas Orthodox chapel in Bachury
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Památník Konstantymu Kalinowskému
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Будынак Свіслацкай гімназіі
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Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Svislach
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Svislacké historickо-vlastivědné muzeum
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Помнік Рамуальду Траўгуту
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Абеліск
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Касцёл Святых Апосталаў Пятра і Паўла і кляштар францысканцаў
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Orthodox church of the Dormition in Harbačy
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Orthodox chapel of the Pokrov in Gródek
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Saints Cosmas and Damian Orthodox chapel in Mostowlany
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Orthodox church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gródek
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