Grodzisk-Mazowiecki ( Polish. Grodzisk Mazowiecki ) is a city in Poland , part of the Mazovian Voivodeship , Grodziski County . It has the status of an urban-rural commune. It covers an area of 13.19 km². The population is 26,881 people (for 2004 ).
| City | |||
| Grodzisk-Mazowiecki | |||
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| Grodzisk Mazowiecki | |||
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| A country |  Poland | ||
| Province | Masovian Voivodeship | ||
| Powiat | Grodziski County (Mazovian Voivodeship) | ||
| The president | Grzegorz Jozef Benedyktsinsky | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Based | |||
| Square | 13.19 km² | ||
| Timezone | and | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 26,881 people ( 2004 ) | ||
| Density | 2016.1 people / km² | ||
| Agglomeration | warszawska | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +48 22 | ||
| Postcode | 05-825 | ||
| Car code | WGM | ||
| Official code TERYT | 1142005044 | ||
| grodzisk.pl | |||
History
In the XI-XIII centuries there existed a fortress of the early Middle Ages. In 1522, King Sigismund I granted the status and rights of the city. In 1540, a fire destroyed the entire city. In 1655, during the Flood of Sweden, the city was again burned.
After the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795), it fell under the power of the Prussian kingdom .
In 1845, the railway was built and a communication with the capital Warsaw was established. In the years 1940-1941, a Jewish ghetto was created here, in which there were about 6,000 prisoners, liquidated in 1942.
In the years 1975-1998, the city was part of the Warsaw metropolitan voivodship .
Famous natives
- Knapsky, Grzegorz (1564-1638) - Polish Jesuit, philologist, lexicographer, paremiologist, poet, playwright, encyclopedist, teacher.
