Karczew#History

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Karczew

| image_skyline = 2013 Saint Vitus church in Karczew - 03.jpg

| image_caption = Polish Baroque Church of Saint Vitus built in 1732–1737 by Jakub Fontana

| image_flag = POL Karczew flag.svg

| image_shield = POL Karczew COA.svg

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Masovian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Otwock

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Karczew

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Michał Rudzki

| established_title2 = Settlement status

| established_date2 = 1958

| established_title3 = Town rights

| established_date3 = 1548-1869, 1959

| area_total_km2 = 29.01

| population_as_of = 2010

| population_total = 10271

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| coordinates = {{coord|52|5|N|21|15|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 05-480

| area_code = +48 22

| blank_name = Car plates

| blank_info = WOT

| website = http://www.karczew.pl

}}

Karczew ({{IPAc-pl|'|k|a|r|cz|e|f}}; {{Langx|yi|קארטשעוו}} Kartshev) is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the urban-rural administrative district of Gmina Karczew, with 10,271 inhabitants (2010).[http://demografia.stat.gov.pl/BazaDemografia/CustomSelectData.aspx?s=lud&y=2010&t=00/14/17/044 "Baza: Demografia. Dane" (stat.gov.pl).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118040302/http://demografia.stat.gov.pl/BazaDemografia/CustomSelectData.aspx?s=lud&y=2010&t=00%2F14%2F17%2F044 |date=2016-11-18 }} 2010. Główny Urząd Statystyczny.

Karczew is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River.

History

File:Detail in Saint Vitus church in Karczew - 03.jpg

Karczew was granted town rights by Polish King Sigismund I the Old in 1548. Administratively it was located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

During the invasion of Poland, which started World War II, Karczew was captured by German troops, who then carried out a massacre of 75 Poles at the local market square on September 11, 1939.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|page=97}} Three Poles from Karczew were murdered by the Russians in the large Katyn massacre in 1940.{{cite web|url=http://mgok.karczew.pl/pamietajac-o-ofiarach-zbrodni-katynskiej/|title=Pamiętając o ofiarach zbrodni katyńskiej|website=MGOK Karczew|accessdate=13 November 2021|language=pl|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121120733/http://mgok.karczew.pl/pamietajac-o-ofiarach-zbrodni-katynskiej/|url-status=dead}}

In 2014 ferries to Gassy started service. According to people working on this project, the main problem was the official "no-entry" car regulation, despite roads being in the vicinity. Without cars it was not economically feasible, and after this problem was solved by removing this rule, the ferries began service.{{cite web |url=http://www.linia.com.pl/index.php/strona-glowna/regiony/karczew/7707-wkrotce-prom-karczew-gassy |title=Wkrótce prom Karczew–Gassy? |accessdate=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811003945/http://www.linia.com.pl/index.php/strona-glowna/regiony/karczew/7707-wkrotce-prom-karczew-gassy |archivedate=2014-08-11 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.karczew.pl/asp/pl_start.asp?typ=13&sub=4&menu=6&artykul=1100&akcja=artykul|title = Prom Karczew - Gassy wystartował! - Strona główna - Urząd Miejski w Karczewie}}

Sports

The local football team is {{ill|Mazur Karczew|pl}}. It competes in the lower leagues.

References

External links

[https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/k/578-karczew Jewish Community in Karczew] on Virtual Shtetl
{{JewishGen-LocalityPage|506916|Karczew, Poland}}

Category:Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship

Category:Otwock County

Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland