Orężna
Orężna | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood of Piaseczno | |
Orężna | |
| Coordinates: 52°04′13″N 20°59′58″E / 52.07028°N 20.99944°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Piaseczno |
| Gmina | Piaseczno |
| Town | Piaseczno |
| Founded | 1801 |
| Within town limits | 1952 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 05-500[1] |
| Vehicle registration | WPI |
| Primary airport | Warsaw Chopin Airport |
Orężna [ɔˈrɛ̃ʐna] is a neighbourhood of Piaseczno, Poland,[2] located in the western part of the town, in the Warsaw metropolitan area.
History
The settlement was established in 1801 under the name Świniary, which came from the word świnia, which means "pig", as the inhabitants were engaged in pig farming.[3] In 1820 it was renamed Orężna after the Polish word oręż, which means "weapon".[3]
In the interwar period, it was administratively located in the Warsaw County in the Warsaw Voivodeship. According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 115, entirely Polish by nationality, 68.7% Roman Catholic and 31.3% Lutheran by confession.[4]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Orężna was occupied by Germany. In 1944, local man Bolesław Grzywaczewski hid two Polish resistance members in Orężna.[5] The following day, two Ukrainian auxiliaries arrived to find the partisans.[5] The partisans threw a grenade at them, killing, according to various testimonies, either one or both of the Ukrainians.[5] In retaliation, on August 4, 1944, either the Germans or Ukrainians pacified the village, murdering three women, a man and a 5-year-old girl, then captured nine men and one woman and massacred them in nearby Zalesie Dolne.[5][Note 1]
Orężna was included within the town limits of Piaseczno as its new neighbourhood in 1952.[6]
Notes
References
- ^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Zając, Dorota; Hofman, Stanisław (2017). Nazwy miejscowe powiatu piaseczyńskiego. Informator krajoznawczy o ziemi piaseczyńskiej (in Polish). Piaseczno. p. 25.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 192.
- ^ a b c d "Obelisk w miejscu rozstrzelania przez Niemców w 1944 r. 11 mieszkańców dzielnicy Orężna". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 3 maja 1952 r. w sprawie utworzenia i zmiany granic niektórych miast w powiatach warszawskim i radzymińskim, województwie warszawskim., Dz. U., 1952, vol. 26, No. 181