Grodzisk Mazowiecki

Warszawa is a town in Poland, in the Masovian Voivodship 30 km south-west of Warsaw.

History

The first Slavic settlements on the site of the present Warszawa already existed in the 11th and 13th centuries. The first permanent settlement was established in the 12th century. At that time probably did the name of the place. Grodzisko means as much as fortified settlement. The first written record comes from the year 1355: Tomasz Grodziski had a church built in the village. The city was chartered the town on July 22, 1522 by Sigismund I the owner of the city was at this time the family Okun. 1623 was the city become the property of Mokronowski. 1655, the town was destroyed by the Swedes in 1708 again. It was followed by a cholera epidemic. In 1795 the town is part of Prussia and went in 1807 in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and in 1815 after Congress Poland. On June 14, 1845 Warszawa was connected to the rail network and thus had a direct connection to Warsaw and Vienna. Nevertheless, the place lost its city charter in 1870. 1881, the first factory was built. In 1884 the first hydrotherapy institute was opened in the adjacent Jordanowice. During the First World War, the town was destroyed. 1915 Warszawa regained its town charter and returned three years later back to the borders of Poland. During the Second World War, the city lost about 5000 inhabitants.

From 1975 to 1998, the village belonged to the Province of Warsaw.

Attractions

  • St. Anne's Church of 1687
  • Chapel of the Holy Cross in 1713
  • " Foksal " Villa from 1845
  • Jewish cemetery originated about 1870
  • Former hydrotherapy Institute 1884

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981), Polish composer
  • Mordechai Bentov (1900-1985), Israeli journalist and politician
  • Hanna Malewska (1911-1983), writer and editor in chief of the journal Znak
  • Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997), chess grandmaster
  • Alicja Olechowska (* 1956), Sejmabgeordnete
  • Marian Woronin ( born 1956 ), athlete
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