Kępa Latoszkowa
Kępa Latoszkowa | |
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A house at Rosy Street in Kępa Latoszkowa in 2013. | |
Interactive map of Kępa Latoszkowa | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′35″N 21°07′45″E / 52.14306°N 21.12917°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| City and county | Warsaw |
| District | Wilanów |
| CIS area | Powsin |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
Kępa Latoszkowa (Polish: [ˈkɛm.pa la.tɔʂˈkɔ.va]) is a neighbourhood is Warsaw, Poland, within the Wilanów district. It is a residential are with low-rise single-family housing. The neighbourhood is located allongside Ruczaj and Rosy Streets and the Wilanówka river. It is placed in the northeast portion of the City Information System area of Powsin.
History
The hamlet of Kępa Latoszkowa was founded in 1831, and included 10 households.[1] In 1867, the village was incorporated into the municipality of Wilanów.[2] In 1905, the Kępa Latoszkowa had 107 inhabitants in 11 households, and in 1921, it had 80 inhabitants in 14 households.[1]
On 26 September 1943, while the area was under the German occupation during the Second World War, the Home Army resistance members targeted German settlers in Kępa Latoszkowa, as part of the Operation Wilanów. Four houses were burned down, and twelve people, assosiated with anti-Polish activity, were killed. This included tree officers of the Blue Police, and the family and coworkers of August Friedrich Boraun, the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party division in the village.[3] Kępa Latoszkowa was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 15 May 1951.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1994, p. 331. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Nietyksza, Witold Pruss: Zmiany w układzie przestrzennym Warszawy. In: Irena Pietrza-Pawłowska (editor): Wielkomiejski rozwój Warszawy do 1918 r. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, p. 43. 1973. (in Polish)
- ^ Tomasz Strzembosz: Akcje zbrojne podziemnej Warszawy 1939–1944. Warsaw, 1983. (in Polish)
- ^ "Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 5 maja 1951 r. w sprawie zmiany granic miasta stołecznego Warszawy". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish).
- ^ Andrzej Gawryszewski: Ludność Warszawy w XX wieku. Warsaw: Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PAN, 2009, pp. 44–50. ISBN 978-83-61590-96-5. (in Polish)