Brwinów
Brwinów [ˈbrvʲinuf] is a town in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, about 25 km (16 mi) from the centre of Warsaw. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,718.
Brwinów Cemetery – The Section of The Polish Army Soldiers – "The Academic Legion", killed during The Second World War (The Battle near Brwinów), 1939
Until 1954, Brwinów was the location of the Helenów parish council and between 1917 and 1949 it was also Letnisko-Brwinów's major town.
Between 1975 and 1998, Brwinów belonged to Warsaw Voivodeship. The town is located on the Łowicz–Błonie plains.
On 13 April 2014, there was a Warsaw Eagles – Angels Toruń exhibition football game.
Brwinów is served by the Brwinów railway station.
Famous people
- Leszek Bugajski, writer, editor "Twórczość" and essayist in "Newsweek"
- Leszek Engelking, poet, translator
- Henryk Waniek, painter
- Wacław Kowalski, actor
- Bolesław Hryniewiecki, naturalist
- Jerzy Hryniewiecki, architect
- Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, writer, poet
- Aleksander Werner, painter, sculptor
- Wacław Werner, physicist, teacher
Demography
References
- ^ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2 June 2022. Data for territorial unit 1421034.
- ^ "16-year-old quarterback led Angels to victory! Torun Angels: 13 – Warsaw Eagles B: 22". europlayers.com.
- ^ "Poland: 16 Year Old QB Leads Angels To Victory [GameFilm]". touchdown-europe.net.
- ^ The photograph of 14 December 2023
External links
- Jewish Community in Brwinów on Virtual Shtetl
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