Błonie
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Mazovia | ||
| Powiat : | Warszawski Zachodni | ||
| Area : | 9.12 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 12 ′ N , 20 ° 37 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 12,261 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 05-870 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 22 | ||
| License plate : | WZ | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | E 30 Warsaw - Frankfurt (Oder) | ||
| Rail route : | Warsaw – Poznan | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Urban and rural municipality | ||
| Gmina structure: | 32 school offices | ||
| Surface: | 85.84 km² | ||
| Residents: | 21,597 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 252 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 1432013 | ||
| Administration (as of 2007) | |||
| Mayor : | Zenon Reszka | ||
| Address: | Rynek 6 05-870 Błonie |
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| Website : | www.blonie.pl | ||
Błonie is a city in Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship .
Geographical location
The city is located in the middle of Poland about 25 kilometers west of the city center of the state capital Warsaw . The Rokitnica River flows through the place.
history
When exactly the place was founded is not known, but in the 11th century there was already a fortified settlement ( gród ). The first written mention of the place comes from 1257. Therein the building of a church was mentioned. On May 2, 1338, Błonie then received city rights under Magdeburg law . In 1380 the town charter was granted again, this time according to Kulm law . At the end of the 14th century the place became a district town. Towards the end of the following century, Błonie became the seat of a starost and developed into an important trading center. During the Great Northern War , the city was ravaged by soldiers. In 1727 the wooden town hall burned down. In 1776 a new brick town hall was built. During the fighting at the end of the 18th century, the place was destroyed again. During the Third Partition of Poland , the city fell to Prussia . With the formation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807, the city became part of it. In 1815, Błonie became part of Congress Poland .
In 1842 a new town hall was built based on a design by the architect Henryk Marconi . According to a report from 1912, there were 175 houses and cobbled streets that were lit by oil lamps. There were also four schools and three doctors practiced here. In 1914 the town hall burned down. After the end of the First World War , the city became part of the re-established Poland.
In September 1939 the city was captured by the Wehrmacht as part of the attack on Poland . On the night of 18./19. September 1939 50 civilians were murdered by members of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler . During the occupation a prisoner of war camp was set up here, which was later converted into a labor camp. A ghetto was set up in November 1940 for around 2,100 Jews. In February 1941 the ghetto was dissolved and the Jewish prisoners deported to the Warsaw ghetto .
After the end of the Second World War , the city became part of Poland again.
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality was part of the Warsaw Voivodeship .
local community
In addition to the city of Błonie, the following 32 localities with a school administration office belong to the urban and rural community :
- Białutki
- Białuty
- Bieniewice
- Bieniewo Parcela
- Bieniewo-Wieś
- Błonie-Wieś
- Bramki
- Cholewy
- Dębówka
- Górna Wieś
- Konstantów
- Kopytów
- Łaźniew
- Łaźniewek
- Łąki
- Marysinek
- Nowa Górna
- Nowa Wieś
- Nowe Faszczyce
- Nowy Łuszczewek
- Piorunów
- Radonice
- Radzików
- Rochaliki
- Rokitno
- Stare Faszczyce
- Stary Łuszczewek
- Wawrzyszew
- Witanów
- Witki
- Wola Łuszczewska
- Żukówka
Other places in the municipality are Cesinek, Radzików (wieś), Odrzywół, Pass and Rokitno-Majątek.
Town twinning
- Coreno Ausonio , Italy
Buildings
- The town hall was built in 1842 and rebuilt in 1923 after a fire in 1914
- The Church of the Holy Trinity was built in the early Gothic style and later rebuilt.
- An inn in the town from 1779 may have been a meeting place for Napoléon Bonaparte and his lover Maria Walewska .
- The Jewish cemetery was laid out in the 19th century and has an area of about 0.5 hectares.
traffic
Europastraße 30 , here also Landesstraße 2 , runs through the city from Warsaw to Frankfurt (Oder) and from there on to Berlin . In north-south direction Błonie is crossed by the Voivodship Road 579.
The city is located on the important east-west rail link that connects Warsaw with Berlin, but only local trains stop there. In addition to the rail connections, there are also PKS buses to the surrounding towns and to Warsaw.
The Frederic Chopin Airport Warsaw is the nearest international airport. It is located about 20 kilometers to the southeast.
sons and daughters of the town
- Alexander von Borck (1802–1880), Prussian major general
- Hanna Lachertowa (1910–1998), pianist and music teacher
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) (PDF; 802 kB)
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
