Zalesie Dolne

Zalesie Dolne [zaˈlɛɕɛ ˈdɔlnɛ] is a neighbourhood of Piaseczno, Poland,[1] located in the southern part of the town, in the Warsaw metropolitan area.

Zalesie Dolne
Neighbourhood of Piaseczno
Zalesie Dolne
Coordinates: 52°03′12″N 20°59′18″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPiaseczno
GminaPiaseczno
TownPiaseczno
Within town limits1952
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWPI
Primary airportWarsaw Chopin Airport

History

Zalesie Dolne was established by merging the three settlements of Zalesie Adamowe, Miasto Las Zalesie and Miasto Ogród Zalesie.[2] It was named Zalesie Dolne ("Lower Zalesie") to distinguish it from the nearby village of Zalesie Górne ("Upper Zalesie").[2] It was developed as a garden city. Writer Maria Dąbrowska and future Primate of Poland Stefan Wyszyński often visited their families there.[3]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Zalesie Dolne was occupied by Germany. The Polish resistance was active, and secret Polish education was organized.[4] Meetings of the Education Department of the Government Delegation for Poland were held in Zalesie Dolne.[5] The Grey Ranks command held meetings at the villa of professor Józef Zawadzki and his son Tadeusz Zawadzki nom de guerre Zośka.[6] In August 1944, the Germans perpetrated a massacre of ten Poles from nearby Orężna in Zalesie Dolne (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[7][8] Several days later, Polish partisans attacked and shot at the stationed German perpetrators in Zalesie Dolne.[7] The Germans retreated in panic.[7]

It was included within the town limits of Piaseczno as its new neighbourhood in 1952.[9]

Sights

Sights include numerous historic villas, including the house of Tadeusz Zawadzki nom de guerre Zośka, a focal point of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, and the House-Museum of Georgian Officers of the Polish Army (Dom Muzeum Gruzińskich Oficerów Wojska Polskiego).[10]

Notable people

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. 34.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Cubała 2019, pp. 18–19.
  4. Cubała 2019, p. 18.
  5. Cubała 2019, p. 19.
  6. Cubała 2019, p. 28.
  7. "Obelisk w miejscu rozstrzelania przez Niemców w 1944 r. 11 mieszkańców dzielnicy Orężna". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  8. Cubała 2019, p. 53.
  9. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 3 maja 1952 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych powiatów w województwie warszawskim., Dz. U. z 1952 r. Nr 26, poz. 177
  10. "Dom Muzeum Gruzińskich Oficerów Wojska Polskiego". Piaseczno.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.

Bibliography
  • Cubała, Agnieszka (2019). Piaseczno '44. Miasto i ludzie (in Polish). Piaseczno. ISBN 978-83-951312-4-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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