Mszczonów
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Mszczonów [ˈmʂt͡ʂɔnuf] (Yiddish: אַמשינאָוו Amshinov) is a town in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,231 inhabitants as of the 2006 census. It is situated just outside the Warsaw metropolitan area, approximately 45 km from Warsaw city centre.
History
The oldest known mention of Mszczonów comes from a document of Duke
royal town of Poland, administratively located in the Rawa Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. One of two main routes connecting Warsaw and Dresden ran through the town in the 18th century and Kings Augustus II the Strong and Augustus III of Poland often traveled that route.[1]
The town possessed a vibrant
Yiddish
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During the
prisoners of war in the town,[2] and on September 11, 1939, the Germans carried out a mass execution of 20 local Poles, including mayor Aleksander Tański, two priests and a doctor (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3] At least five Poles from Mszczonów were murdered by the Russians in the large Katyn massacre in 1940.[4]
Sports and recreation
Deepspot, the second deepest swimming pool in the world, is located in the town.
The local football team is KS Mszczonowianka.[5] It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable people
- Jan Adam Maklakiewicz(1899–1954), Polish composer and conductor, whose former home houses a museum
- Mieczysław Zdzienicki (1892–1953), Polish social activist, lawyer and bibliophile
References
- ^ "Informacja historyczna". Dresden-Warszawa (in Polish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ISSN 1641-9561.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 96.
- ^ ""Katyń... Ocalić od zapomnienia"". Powiat Żyrardowski (in Polish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Klub Sportowy Mszczonowianka" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links
- Jewish Community in Mszczonów on Virtual Shtetl
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mszczonów.
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