Brwinów
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Brwinów ' is a town in Pruszków County
, Masovian Voivodeship
, Poland
, about 25 km from the centre of Warsaw
; according to the 2008 records Brwinów has 12131 inhabitants.
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 Warszawskie Voivodeship. The town is located on the Lowiecko-Blonskie plains.
Pruszków County
Pruszków County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Pruszków, which lies ...
, Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, about 25 km from the centre of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
; according to the 2008 records Brwinów has 12131 inhabitants.
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 Warszawskie Voivodeship. The town is located on the Lowiecko-Blonskie plains.
Famous people
- Leszek Bugajski, writer, editor "Twórczość" and essayist in "NewsweekNewsweek PolskaNewsweek Polska is an Polish weekly news magazine, published as the local edition of Newsweek. The magazine circulation in March 2009 was 192,000 copies....
" - Maciej Burzykowski, graphic designer, journalist
- Leszek EngelkingLeszek EngelkingLeszek Engelking - Polish poet, short-story writer, critic, essayist, scholar, and translator....
, poet, translator - Henryk Waniek, painter
- Wacław Kowalski, actor
- Bolesław Hryniewiecki, naturalist
- Jerzy Hryniewiecki, architect
- Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, writer, poet
- Wacław Werner, physist, teacher