Brwinów
Appearance
Brwinów | |
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![]() Town Hall | |
Coordinates: 52°8′30″N 20°43′0″E / 52.14167°N 20.71667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Masovian |
County | Pruszków |
Gmina | Brwinów |
Established | 15th century |
Town rights | 1950 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Arkadiusz Kosiński |
Area | |
• Total | 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2021[1]) | |
• Total | 13,718 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 05-840 |
Area code | +48 22 |
Website | www |
Brwinów [ˈbrvʲinuf] is a town in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, about 25 km (16 mi) from the centre of Warsaw. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,718.[1]
Until 1954, Brwinów was the location of the Helenów parish council and between 1917 and 1949 it was also Letnisko-Brwinów's major town.
Between 1975 and 1998, Brwinów belonged to Warsaw Voivodeship. The town is located on the Łowicz–Błonie plains.
On April 13, 2014, there was a Warsaw Eagles - Angels Toruń exhibition football game.[2][3]
Brwinów is served by the Brwinów Railway Station.
Famous people
[edit]- Leszek Bugajski, writer, editor "Twórczość" and essayist in "Newsweek"
- Leszek Engelking, poet, translator
- Henryk Waniek, painter
- Wacław Kowalski, actor
- Bolesław Hryniewiecki, naturalist
- Jerzy Hryniewiecki, architect
- Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, writer, poet
- Aleksander Werner, painter, sculptor
- Wacław Werner, physist, teacher
Demography
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/s3i8j93f1s367zzx8ghykoogxismeem.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/CMENTARZ_BRWIN%C3%93W%2C_KWATERA_%C5%BBO%C5%81NIERZY_LEGII_AKADEMICKIEJ%2C_POLEG%C5%81YCH_W_1939_ROKU%2C_ZDJ%C4%98CIE_Z_14_GRUDNIA_2023.jpg/220px-CMENTARZ_BRWIN%C3%93W%2C_KWATERA_%C5%BBO%C5%81NIERZY_LEGII_AKADEMICKIEJ%2C_POLEG%C5%81YCH_W_1939_ROKU%2C_ZDJ%C4%98CIE_Z_14_GRUDNIA_2023.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-06-02. Data for territorial unit 1421034.
- ^ "16-year-old quarterback led Angels to victory! Torun Angels: 13 - Warsaw Eagles B: 22". europlayers.com.
- ^ "Poland: 16 Year Old QB Leads Angels To Victory [GameFilm]". touchdown-europe.net.
- ^ The photograph of 14 December 2023
External links
[edit]- Jewish Community in Brwinów on Virtual Shtetl