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Radzymin

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Radzymin
Registry office in Radzymin
Registry office in Radzymin
Flag of Radzymin
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Coat of arms of Radzymin
Coat of arms
Radzymin is located in Poland
Radzymin
Radzymin
Coordinates: 52°25′N 21°11′E / 52.417°N 21.183°E / 52.417; 21.183
CountryPoland
Voivodeship Masovian
CountyWołomin
GminaRadzymin
Established13th century
Town rights1475
Government
 • MayorKrzysztof Chaciński
Area
 • Total
23.32 km2 (9.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total
8,818
 • Density378.1/km2 (979.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
05-250
Area code+48 22
Car platesWWL
Highways
Websitehttp://radzymin.pl

Radzymin (pronounced [raˈd͡zɘ.min] ⓘ) is a town in Poland and is one of the distant suburbs of the city of Warsaw.[1] It is located in the powiat of Wołomin of the Masovian Voivodeship. The town has 8,818 inhabitants (as of 2008, but the surrounding commune is heavily populated and has an additional 11,000 inhabitants).

History

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Radzymin dates back to the Middle Ages. It was mentioned in a document of Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw from 1440. It was granted a town charter in 1475.[2] Since then, the town shared the fate of the nearby city of Warsaw, located only 25 kilometers (16 mi) away. It was a private town owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Warsaw County in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]

Grave of Polish troops fallen in the Battle of Radzymin (1920)

It was annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included within the newly formed, however short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. During the Austro–Polish War of 1809, it was the site of the Battle of Radzymin (1809), which ended in a Polish victory. Following the duchy's dissolution in 1815, the town fell to the Russian Partition of Poland. During the January uprising, on July 30, 1863, a skirmish between Polish insurgents and Russian soldiers took place there. Russian soldiers surrounded a Polish insurgent unit, but after a short battle the Poles managed to break through the encirclement and escape towards Kałuszyn.[4] Following World War I, in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of the town. During the Polish–Soviet War, in August 1920, it was the site of the Battle of Radzymin (1920), in which Poles defeated the invading Russians.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany. Several Poles who fought in the Battle of Radzymin in 1920 and further two local Poles were murdered by the Russians in the Katyn massacre in 1940.[5][6][7][8][9] In August 1944, it was the site of the Battle of Radzymin (1944) between Germany and the advancing Soviet troops.

Marecka Kolej Dojazdowa

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The Marecka Kolej Dojazdowa (English: Marki Commuter Railway) was a narrow gauge railway in Poland connecting Warsaw with Marki and Radzymin active from 1896 to 1974.

Sports

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The local football club founded in 1923 is Mazur Radzymin.[10] It competes in the lower leagues, and is currently co-funded by one of its players, rapper Quebonafide.[11] In 2025, Mazur signed former Poland internationals Jakub Rzeźniczak[12] and Grzegorz Krychowiak.[11]

Transport

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Radzymin has a station on the Warsaw Northern Bypass Railway Line which runs from Tłuszcz to Legionowo.

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ "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).
  2. ^ Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
  3. ^ Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. p. 4.
  4. ^ Zieliński, Stanisław (1913). Bitwy i potyczki 1863–1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu (in Polish). Rapperswil: Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu. p. 40.
  5. ^ Tucholski, Jędrzej, ed. (2003). Charków. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. pp. 324, 386. ISBN 83-916663-5-2.
  6. ^ Tarczyński, Marek, ed. (2000). Katyń. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. pp. 306, 333, 367. ISBN 83-905590-7-2.
  7. ^ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 1. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 121. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
  8. ^ Jakubowski, Grzegorz, ed. (2006). Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (PDF) (in Polish). Vol. 2. Warszawa: Rada Ochrony Pamięci Miejsc Walk i Męczeństwa. p. 698. ISBN 83-89474-06-9.
  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. 195, 531. ISBN 978-5-6041921-5-3.
  10. ^ "RKSMazur.pl" (in Polish). Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Grzegorz Krychowiak zagra w Polsce. Oto jego nowy klub. Co za sensacja!". Przegląd Sportowy Onet (in Polish). Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  12. ^ Bobakowski, Piotr (August 9, 2025). "Koszmarny debiut Rzeźniczaka w nowym klubie. Skończyło się na 0:5" [Rzeźniczak's nightmare debut at his new club ended in a 0–5 loss]. sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  13. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978, retrieved on October 19, 2007.
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