Zalesie Dolne
Zalesie Dolne | |
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Neighbourhood of Piaseczno | |
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  Zalesie Dolne | |
| Coordinates: 52°03′12″N 20°59′18″E / 52.05333°N 20.98833°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Piaseczno |
| Gmina | Piaseczno |
| Town | Piaseczno |
| Within town limits | 1952 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WPI |
| Primary airport | Warsaw Chopin Airport |
Zalesie Dolne [zaˈlɛɕɛ ˈdɔlnɛ] is a neighbourhood of Piaseczno, Poland,[1] located in the southern part of the town, in the Warsaw metropolitan area.
History[edit]
Zalesie Dolne was established by merging the three settlements of Zalesie Adamowe, Miasto Las Zalesie and Miasto Ogród Zalesie.[2] It was named Zalesie Dolne ("Lower Zalesie") to distinguish it from the nearby village of Zalesie Górne ("Upper Zalesie").[2] It was developed as a garden city. Writer Maria Dąbrowska and future Primate of Poland Stefan Wyszyński often visited their families there.[3]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Zalesie Dolne was occupied by Germany. The Polish resistance was active, and secret Polish education was organized.[4] Meetings of the Education Department of the Government Delegation for Poland were held in Zalesie Dolne.[5] The Grey Ranks command held meetings at the villa of professor Józef Zawadzki and his son Tadeusz Zawadzki nom de guerre Zośka.[6] In August 1944, the Germans perpetrated a massacre of ten Poles from nearby Orężna in Zalesie Dolne (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[7][8] Several days later, Polish partisans attacked and shot at the stationed German perpetrators in Zalesie Dolne.[7] The Germans retreated in panic.[7]
It was included within the town limits of Piaseczno as its new neighbourhood in 1952.[9]
Sights[edit]
Sights include numerous historic villas, including the house of Tadeusz Zawadzki nom de guerre Zośka, a focal point of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, and the House-Museum of Georgian Officers of the Polish Army (Dom Muzeum Gruzińskich Oficerów Wojska Polskiego).[10]
Notable people[edit]
- Józef Zawadzki (1886–1951), physical chemist and technologist
- Witold Doroszewski (1899–1976), lexicographer and linguist
- Anna Zawadzka (1919–2004), teacher, author of textbooks, scoutmaster and member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Tadeusz Zawadzki (1921–1943), scout instructor, scoutmaster and member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II
References[edit]
- ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
- ^ a b Zając, Dorota; Hofman, Stanisław (2017). Nazwy miejscowe powiatu piaseczyńskiego. Informator krajoznawczy o ziemi piaseczyńskiej (in Polish). Piaseczno. p. 34.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cubała 2019, pp. 18–19.
- ^ Cubała 2019, p. 18.
- ^ Cubała 2019, p. 19.
- ^ Cubała 2019, p. 28.
- ^ a b c "Obelisk w miejscu rozstrzelania przez Niemców w 1944 r. 11 mieszkańców dzielnicy Orężna". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Cubała 2019, p. 53.
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 3 maja 1952 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych powiatów w województwie warszawskim., Dz. U. z 1952 r. Nr 26, poz. 177
- ^ "Dom Muzeum Gruzińskich Oficerów Wojska Polskiego". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
Bibliography[edit]
- Cubała, Agnieszka (2019). Piaseczno '44. Miasto i ludzie (in Polish). Piaseczno. ISBN 978-83-951312-4-0.
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