Tłuszcz
Tłuszcz | |
|---|---|
 Our Lady of Fatima Church in Tłuszcz | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Tłuszcz Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 52°26′N 21°27′E / 52.433°N 21.450°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Wołomin |
| Gmina | Tłuszcz |
| Established | 15th century |
| Town rights | 1967 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paweł Bednarczyk |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.91 km2 (3.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 8,015 |
| • Density | 1,010/km2 (2,620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 05-240 |
| Area code | (+48) 29 |
| Car plates | WWL |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.tluszcz.pl |
Tłuszcz [twuʂt͡ʂ] (translation: Fat) is a town in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland,[1] with 8,039 inhabitants (2021).[2]
History
Tłuszcz was founded in the 15th century. It was a royal village of Poland, administratively located in the Nur Land in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.
During the Polish–Soviet War, in the night of 12–13 August 1920, Tłuszcz was the scene of a skirmish between the Poles and the invading Russians,[3] part of the Battle of Warsaw (1920).
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by Germany until 1944. Two Polish policemen from Tłuszcz were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[4][5] The German occupiers removed pockets of Jews from the town,[6] shot and killed many of the same, and segregated various Jewish populations away from Tłuszcz town limits.[7]
Rail
The Tłuszcz railway station was established 1862. Modern stations on the line connect to multiple European destinations.
References
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Tłuszcz in Powiat Wołomiński (Mazowieckie), City Population, retrieved 7 March 2024
- ↑ Kowalski, Andrzej (1995). "Miejsca pamięci związane z Bitwą Warszawską 1920 r.". Niepodległość i Pamięć (in Polish) (2/2 (3)). Muzeum Niepodległości w Warszawie: 163. ISSN 1427-1443.
- ↑ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. pp. 649, 697. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
- ↑ Gurianov, Aleksandr, ed. (2019). Убиты в Калинине, захоронены в Медном. Книга памяти польских военнопленных – узников Осташковского лагеря НКВД, расстрелянных по решению Политбюро ЦК ВКП(б) от 5 марта 1940 года (PDF) (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Общество «Мемориал». pp. 150, 196. ISBN 978-5-6041921-5-3.
- ↑ Tłuszcz Ghetto, Holocaust Research Project, retrieved 7 March 2024
- ↑ Holocaust Historical Society: Tłuszcz, Holocaust Historical Society, retrieved 7 March 2024
External links
- Official town and commune webpage
- Jewish Community in Tłuszcz on Virtual Shtetl