Milanówek

Milanówek
Borowka Manor
Car plates		WGM
Website	http://milanowek.pl/

Milanówek

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History

Milanówek was established in the late 19th and early 20th century as a result of parceling landbelonging to Michał Lasocki, and lying along the

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Since the beginning, Milanówek was a summer resort for wealthy residents of

. Another permanent resident of the town was sculptor Jan Szczepkowski.

Developed in the interwar period, and still dominant in the older part of town, is some residential architecture. In the 1920s Central Experimental Station of Silk Production was founded.

During World War II, an urn with the heart of Frédéric Chopin, transferred from Holy Cross Church in Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, was stored in St. Hedwig Church in Milanówek. During the Warsaw Uprising vital organs of Polish Underground State moved to Milanówek and gave the town the nickname "Little London".

In 1951 the town received city rights. In 1961 the city limits were extended, taking over villages including Nowa Wieś (now this part of the city is called Milanowek Kazimierówka). In the communist period there was further development of industry, especially the creation of a factory for surgical and dental instruments: "MIFAMA".

After the administrative reform of 1999, Milanówek became one of the six municipalities forming the district Grodziski.

Monuments

Monuments of Milanowek include the parish church of St. Hedwig, the "Turczynek" villa, accommodation for soldiers from World War II and many villas built between 1896 - 1945, including "Potęga", "Matulinek", "Hygea", and "Borówka". They are all in the national register of historic monuments (26 items). 388 pre-war villas and other valuable buildings in the middle of Milanowek have been included in the national register of historic monuments.

Sports

Football club Milan Milanówek was founded in 1986.^[1] As of 2021, they compete in the fifth-tier IV liga in the Masovian II group.^[2]

Notable residents

• Klaudia Alagierska (born 1996), volleyball player
• Marek Bieńczyk (born 1956), writer, historian of literature, translator and essayist, winner of Nike Award (2012)
• Marek Cieślak (born 1950), speedway rider
• Marcin Dorociński (born 1973), film, television and stage actor

Twin towns – sister cities

Milanówek is twinned with:^[3]

• Fumone, Italy
• Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
• Welzheim, Germany

References

External links

• City Guide on the city official site
• Jewish Community in Milanówek on Virtual Shtetl