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 / 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) |
| Vehicle registration | WPI |
| Primary airport | Warsaw Chopin Airport |
History edit
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 edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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) - ^ 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. z 1952 r. Nr 26, poz. 181