Zalesie Dolne

Zalesie Dolne
Neighbourhood of Piaseczno
Zalesie Dolne is located in Poland
Zalesie Dolne
Zalesie Dolne
Coordinates: 52°03′12″N 20°59′18″E / 52.05333°N 20.98833°E / 52.05333; 20.98833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPiaseczno
GminaPiaseczno
TownPiaseczno
Within town limits1952
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWPI
Primary airportWarsaw 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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U., 2013, No. 200
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Cubała 2019, pp. 18–19.
  4. ^ Cubała 2019, p. 18.
  5. ^ Cubała 2019, p. 19.
  6. ^ Cubała 2019, p. 28.
  7. ^ a b c "Obelisk w miejscu rozstrzelania przez Niemców w 1944 r. 11 mieszkańców dzielnicy Orężna". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. ^ Cubała 2019, p. 53.
  9. ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 3 maja 1952 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych powiatów w województwie warszawskim., Dz. U., 1952, vol. 26, No. 177
  10. ^ "Dom Muzeum Gruzińskich Oficerów Wojska Polskiego". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.

Bibliography

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