Orężna

Orężna [ɔˈrɛ̃ʐna] is a neighbourhood of Piaseczno, Poland,[1] located in the western part of the town, in the Warsaw metropolitan area.

Orężna
Neighbourhood of Piaseczno
Orężna
Coordinates: 52°04′13″N 20°59′58″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPiaseczno
GminaPiaseczno
TownPiaseczno
Founded1801
Within town limits1952
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWPI
Primary airportWarsaw Chopin Airport

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.[2] In 1820 it was renamed Orężna after the Polish word oręż, which means "weapon".[2]

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.[3] The following day, two Ukrainian auxiliaries arrived to find the partisans.[3] The partisans threw a grenade at them, killing, according to various testimonies, either one or both of the Ukrainians.[3] 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 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

Orężna was included within the town limits of Piaseczno as its new neighbourhood in 1952.[4]

References
  1. Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
  2. 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)
  3. "Obelisk w miejscu rozstrzelania przez Niemców w 1944 r. 11 mieszkańców dzielnicy Orężna". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. 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. z 1952 r. Nr 26, poz. 181
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