Rawa Mazowiecka
Rawa Mazowiecka is a city in the powiat Rawski in the region of Łódź, Poland. It has the status of a municipality. She is also seat of the rural municipality ( gmina wiejska ) of them but not heard.
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Geography
Rawa Mazowiecka is 55 km east of Łódź at the confluence of the rivers Rawka and Rylka. The city has a surface area of 13.67 km ². 63 % of the urban area is used for agriculture, 3% is covered by forest.
History
The first written mention of the village dates from 1228, but the original location of the place is not known. The city was chartered Rawa Mazowiecka 1321. 1355 bis 1370 Castle of the Duke of Mazovia was built here, the ruins of which can be found even today in the vicinity of the place.
During the reign Siemowits III. was the site of the capital of Mazovia. 1462 was the Duchy of Rawa Rawa Voivodeship to. Rawa Mazowiecka was at that time one of the largest cities of Mazovia. 1613 already was the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia Marii Panny Najświętszej ) in Rawa Mazowiecka. 1622 a Jesuit college was established in the Chryzostom, Jan Pasek taught.
During the Great Northern War the city was occupied by the Swedes and destroyed, among the ruined buildings was also the castle. During the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, the city was part of Prussia and the Rawa Voivodeship was dissolved. As of 1807, the place was instead seat of a county. 1807, the site became part of the Duchy of Warsaw and the newly formed eight years later Congress Poland.
During the First World War Rawa Mazowiecka was almost completely destroyed. 1945 the Red Army marched into the destroyed about 80% city.
From 1975-1998 the city belonged to the province of Skierniewice.
Twinning
- Nyírbátor, Hungary
- Boskovice, Czech Republic
Traffic
In the city Droga Krajowa Cross 8 and the Droga Krajowa 72 and through the city run the Droga wojewódzkas 707, 725 and 726
The Museumsschmallspurbahn Rogów - Rawa - Biala runs in the city and still maintains there is a train station.
Personalities
Freeman
- Prof. Eugeniusz Walczuk
- Sławek Wierzcholski
- Bishop Józef Zawitkowski
- Monsignor Mieczyslaw Iwanicki
- Elżbieta Dedek
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ludwik Maurycy Hirszfeld physician and professor of anatomy in Warsaw
- Halina Konopacka track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Slawomir Broniarz Chairman of Związek Nauczycielstwa Polskiego
- Tomasz Dedek actor
- January Antoni Grabowski writer and educator
- Edith Kucharska volleyball player
- Edward Pietrzyk General
- Radoslaw Rybak volleyball players
- Janusz Wojciechowski politicians
Personalities who are associated with the city
- January Chryzostom Pasek Polish chronicler in Baroque
Rural community
The rural community of Rawa Mazowiecka has 8648 inhabitants. It has a surface area of 163.98 km ². 78 % of its territory is used for agriculture, 15 % is covered by forest.
At the rural community includes Sołectwos ( Soltysships ) Boguszyce, Bogusławki Małe Byszewice, Chrusty, Dziurdzioły, Garlow, Głuchówek, Jakubów, Janolin, Julianów, calendar, Kaliszki, Konopnica, Księża Wola, Kurzeszyn, Leopoldów, Linkow, Lutkówka, Małgorzatów, Matyldów, Niwna, Nowa Wojska, Pasieka Wałowska, Podlas, Przewodowice, Pukinin, Rogowiec, Roßocha, Soszyce, Stara Wojska, Stare Byliny, Ścieki, Wałowice, Wilkowice, Wołucza, Zagórze Zawady, Żydomice. As well as the villages Bogusławki Duże, Boguszyce Małe Gaj, Helenów, Huta Wałowska, Julianów Raducki, Kurzeszynek, Nowa Roßocha, Nowy Głuchówek, Nowy Kurzeszyn, Pokrzywna, Stara Roßocha, Stary Dwór, Świnice, Zarzecze, Zielone.