Mokotów
 district of Warsaw |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 21 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E |
| surface | 35.42 km² |
| Residents | 226,064 (2008) |
| Population density | 6382 inhabitants / km² |
| Website | http://www.mokotow.waw.pl |
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| mayor | Robert Soszyński |
Mokotów is a densely populated district of the Polish capital Warsaw and the seat of many companies and foreign embassies. Only in smaller areas in the city district industrial companies have settled ( Służewiec Przemysłowy ), parks and other green spaces have been created on larger areas.
Although the area had been inhabited since at least the early Middle Ages, it was not until 1916 that Mokotów became part of Warsaw. The name of the area is probably derived from the earlier village name Mon Coteau (French for My Hill ), which has developed into the name Mokotów, which has been known since the 14th century. Most of the district was not built up until the 1920s and 1930s. Mokotów survived the Second World War and the events of the Warsaw Uprising due to the fact that it was reserved for the German occupation troops as an exclusive residential area, and is considered a well-preserved district in today's Warsaw.
Noteworthy facilities and buildings in the district:
- Antonius Church
- Depot R-3 Mokotów the tram Warsaw
- Czerniaków Port , Warsaw's oldest river port
- Fort Che of the Warsaw fortress
- Fort M of the Warsaw fortress
- Galeria Mokotów , a modern shopping center
- Mokotów prison
- Warsaw University of Commerce
- Henryk-Palais , a classical palace
- Siekierki power plant
- Królikarnia Palace
- Ksawer Palace , mansion in the former village of Ksawerów
- Morskie Oko Park
- Polskie Radio i Telewizja , the Polish radio
- Pole Mokotowskie , a large park
- Sielce Palace
- Szuster Palace
literature
- Nikolai Roskamm, Katarzyna Pluta (eds.): Mokotow - meeting point of culture and nature - Urban Design Workshop 2007 . (= ISR gray series booklet 8). Institute for Urban and Regional Planning, TU Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-7983-2071-0 ( full text )
