Wizna is a village in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, situated on the Narew River. Wizna is known for the battle of Wizna which took place in its vicinity during the 1939 Invasion of Poland at the start of World War II. Farming and food production are the primary sources of income for the residents. The food production by private farms provides favorable conditions for the development of processing industry. History Wizna has a remarkably rich history. Already in the 11th century there was a castle there watching over the eastern border of Masovia and the important river crossing over Narew. From the mid 12th century the town was a registered office of the castellany, and from 1379 the capital of the Ziemia wiska (Wizna Land) within Masovia, Poland. The Catholic Parish in Wizna was established in 1390. Wizna was built on an important trade route from Lithuania (within the Polish–Lithuanian union) to Kraków. Queen of Poland Anna the Jagiellonian used to travel through the town and so did Queen Bona Sforza. In the years 1435–1870, for over four centuries, Wizna was one of the most important cities of north-eastern Masovia. It was a royal city of Poland and seat of the Wizna County and Wizna Land in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. Its significance began to drop only with the development of the nearby town of Łomża. In the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, Wizna was annexed by Prussia. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution in 1815, it fell to the Russian Partition of Poland. Administratively it was located in the Augustów Voivodeship, which was renamed to Augustów Governorate in 1837. In 1860 Wizna had 2,573 residents. In October 1861, due to Polish protests in various places throughout the country, the Russians imposed martial law. Afterwards the Polish resistance began preparations for an uprising. One of the organizers of the uprising in the Augustów Governorate was Rafał Błoński, son of the mayor of Wizna. In 1863 the January Uprising broke out, many local Poles joined it, and the insurgents operated in the area. Ludwik Krajewski, commander of a small insurgent unit, was captured by the Russians in Wizna and hanged, and then his body was dragged through the streets of the town to deter others from joining the