Drobin

Drobin (1940-1945 Reichenfeld ) is a town in Poland, in the Masovian Voivodship.

• 3.1 Traffic

History

The first written reference to the current Drobin dates from the 12th or 14th century. 1410 leads the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello his troops on the way to the Battle of Tannenberg by Drobin. In 1487 the town city rights. At the Second Partition of Poland Drobin was annexed to Prussia. In 1807 it came to the newly formed Duchy of Warsaw and in 1815 Congress Poland. During the January Uprising, the city is one of the centers of the uprising. After its suppression reduced Tsar Alexander II, the number of places with municipal law on the Polish territory and thus lost its city charter in 1869 Drobin. At the beginning of the Second World War the city was occupied in September 1939 by the Wehrmacht. 1940 the Germans demolished the synagogue of the village. After the end of the war Drobin came back to Poland. Due to an administrative reform in the People's Republic of Poland came Drobin 1975 the newly formed Province Płock. On 1 July 1994 Drobin was again awarded its town charter. After the Płock Voivodeship was dissolved in 1998, the city is part of the Masovian Voivodship.

Culture and sights

Structures

• The church of 1447
• A wooden windmill
• The Jewish cemetery
• An inn from the 17th century

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Through the city's main road leads 10 ( droga Krajowa 10), which leads west to Toruń and east by Płońsk. The state road 60 also performs Drobin. It ends in the south in Łęczyca, 30 kilometers north of Łódź and in the east in Ostrow Mazowiecka.

About a rail connection, the city has not.

The nearest international airport is the Frederic Chopin Airport Warsaw, located about 100 kilometers southeast of Drobin.