Sochaczew
52°14′N 20°14′E / 52.233°N 20.233°E
Sochaczew | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Sochaczew County |
| Gmina | Sochaczew (urban gmina) |
| Town rights | 1368 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bogumił Czubacki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.13 km2 (10.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 37,910 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 96-500 to 96-503 |
| Area code | +48 46 |
| Car plates | WSC |
| Website | http://www.sochaczew.pl |
Sochaczew [Polish pronunciation: [s] Audio file "'" not found] is a town in central Poland, with 38,300 inhabitants (2004).
Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Sochaczew County.
Sochaczew has a narrow-gauge railway museum with a line that runs out as far as Wilcze Tułowskie. Steam trains run back and forth on the line on Saturdays from spring to the end of summer. Although the line is 750mm gauge, there is a number of static exhibits in the museum of narrower and broader gauge.
Education
Famous people
- Fryderyk Chopin - componist and pianist (1810 - 1849)
- Avrohom Bornsztain, the Avnei Nezer - First Sochatchover Rebbe (1838 - 1910)
- Shmuel Bornsztain, the Shem Mishmuel - Second Sochatchover Rebbe (1856-1926)
- Wladyslaw Komendarek - musician
- Bogusław Liberadzki - MEP - born 1948 in Sochaczew
- Oser Warszawski - Yiddish writer - born 1898 in Sochaczew, killed in Auschwitz in 1944
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sochaczew.
- Sochaczew
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- Museum of Sochaczew County
- Sochaczew Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Book (Yiddish & Hebrew)
- WSZiM
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