Wołomin

Wołomin is a Polish town in the Masovian Voivodeship, and is located approximately 20 kilometers northeast of the capital, Warsaw. The city has about 36,000 inhabitants and an area of approximately 14 km ².

History

Wołomin was first mentioned in the 15th century. It long remained a small town not of great importance to the railway line was built from Warsaw to Bialystok in 1862. From then on, won Wołomin also becoming increasingly important for summer tourism from Warsaw.

Wołomin erlang 1919 city law. Until the Second World War, the city had a large Jewish and Russian population, but which was relocated to the Warsaw Ghetto, due to the German occupation and were deported from there to extermination camps such as Auschwitz -Birkenau. The city was the scene of many battles between the Soviet Union and the German Reich during the Second World War.

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

The Polish writer Zofia Nałkowska had a house in the city.

Footnotes

• Gmina in the Masovian Voivodeship
• Place of Masovian Voivodeship
• Powiat Wołomiński