Wilanów

Coordinates: 52°10′N 21°05′E / 52.167°N 21.083°E / 52.167; 21.083
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For other places with the same name, see Wilanów (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Witanów.
Wilanów
District of Warsaw
UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 22
Websitewilanow.pl

Wilanów (Polish pronunciation:

Polish kings
. Wilanów is home to many villas and, despite being relatively far away from the city center, the district ranks among the most expensive in Warsaw.

History

The first mentions of a settlement in the area can be traced to the 13th century, when a village named Milanów was founded by the

Janusz I of Warsaw
gave it to one of his servants. It was he who established the first mansion and a chapel in the village. His descendants adopted the name Milanowski, after the name of the village.

Wilanów Palace as seen from the park by Zygmunt Vogel, 1791-92.

In the 17th century the village was bought by the family of

Jan III Sobieski. By his order, Tylman van Gameren and Augustyn Wincenty Locci erected the new baroque-style palace[2][3]
and St. Anne's Church. Initially the palace was named Villa Nova (New Village), to distinguish it from the nearby village of Stara Wieś (Old Village). However, soon the name was polonised to Wilanów, similar to the former name Milanów.

Thanks to the proximity of both the kings' summer residence and the city of

Elżbieta Sieniawska, joined the village with the nearby villages of Kabaty, Powsin and Wolica
. After that both the so-called key of villages (group of villages run together by a common owner) and the palace changed hands several times, with each new owner changing something in the look of the palace.

cabinet of John III Sobieski, looted by the Germans from the Wilanów Palace during World War II[4]

In 1863, after the fall of the January Uprising, the Russian authorities introduced a new administrative division, stripping the key of the rest of villages and making Wilanów a capital of all the communes located south of it. The area became one of the most important providers of food for ever-growing Warsaw and in 1890 a horse-drawn railway was opened for transport of grain and passengers. The line linking Wilanów with Warsaw's Lublin Union Square proved to be a major success and in 1892 the line was extended and started to run steam-drawn trains. Also, new railway stations were built on both ends of the line.

After

nationalised by the new communist authorities of Poland. The former was converted into a museum and in one of the palace's barracks a Museum of Posters was opened on 4 June 1968. It is probably the only such museum in Europe. In 1951 Wilanów was incorporated into Warsaw. Initially a separate unit of administrative division, in 1976 it was joined with the borough of Mokotów
. In 1994 it became a separate unit of administrative division and the following year it became one of the boroughs of Warsaw.

Currently, the surrounding area is home to many expatriates living in Warsaw, as this area is home to many international schools. However, in 2000, the American School of Warsaw moved about 6 km out, to the suburb of Konstancin-Jeziorna.

Wilanów Palace, view from the Royal Gardens

Neighbourhoods within the district

See also

References

Inline

  1. ^ "Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2019 roku. Tabl. 21 Powierzchnia, ludność oraz lokaty według gmi". stat.gov.pl. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ Augustyn Wincenty Locci, the Author of Wilanów Village at the Wilanów Palace Museum
  3. ^ Tylman of Gameren at the Wilanów Palace Museum
  4. ^ Monika Kuhnke (2000). "Cenny dar dla zwycięzcy spod Wiednia". icons.pl (in Polish). valuable, priceless, lost. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

General

  • Wojciech Fijałkowski (1983). Wilanów. Rezydencja Króla Zwycięzcy (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza.

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