Zakroczym

Zakroczym
	Zakroczym
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Mazovia
Powiat :	Nowodworski (Mazovia)
Area :	12.96  km²
Geographic location :	52 ° 26 '  N , 20 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 25 '56 "  N , 20 ° 36' 32"  E
Residents :	3196 (June 30, 2019)
Postal code :	09-450
Telephone code :	(+48) 24
License plate :	WND
Gmina
Gminatype:	Urban and rural municipality
Gmina structure:	16 school authorities
Surface:	71.42 km²
Residents:	6055 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	85 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	1414063
administration
Mayor :	Henryk Ruszczyk
Address:	ul. Warszawska 7 05-170 Zakroczym
Website :	www.zakroczym.pl

Zakroczym is a town in Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship in the district (powiat) Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki , about 32 km northwest of Warsaw, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula, on the expressway S7 Warsaw – Gdansk. In 2004 the city had 3395 inhabitants.

history

• Zakroczym was mentioned in the so-called Mogilno falsification in 1065.
• In 1422 Zakroczym received the town charter in Kulm.
• 1656–1657 captured by the Swedes in the Second Northern War and partially destroyed.
• 1709 renewed destruction in the Great Northern War by the soldiers of the Swedish king Karl XII.
• 1793 Russian occupation.
• 1795 Prussian occupation - assigned to the Thorner Regenz.
• 1831 during the uprising against the Russians, the seat of the leadership of the uprising.
• September 10-28, 1939 - Zakroczym in the vicinity of the besieged Modlin fortress.
• Autumn 1944 - camp for around 30,000 refugees after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising

local community

In addition to the city of Zakroczym, the following 16 districts with a Schulzenamt belong to the urban and rural community :

Smoszewo Błogosławie Czarna Emolinek Henrysin Janowo Jaworowo-Trębki starlings Smoły Strubiny

Swobodnia Śniadowo Trębki Nowe Trębki starlings Wojszczyce Wólka Smoszewska Wygoda Smoszewska Zaręby

Other localities in the municipality are Gałachy, Mochty-Smok, Odpadki and Śniadowo.

Attractions

• Parish church (15th / 16th century)
• Capuchin Church and Monastery (built in 1758)
• Fortress No. 1 (built between 1883 and 1888).

literature

• Kazimierz Szczerbatko: Dzieje Zakroczymia . Zakroczym: Urząd Gminy w Zakroczymiu, 2006, ISBN 83-912-4696-5

Web links

Commons : Zakroczym  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{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 .