Radziejowice
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Radziejowice
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = TDrRADzPalac 03.jpg
| image_caption = Radziejowice Castle and Palace
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Masovian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Żyrardów
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Radziejowice
| coordinates = {{coord|52|0|N|20|33|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
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| pushpin_label_position = bottom
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| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| registration_plate = WZY
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Radziejowice ({{IPAc-pl|r|a|dź|e1|j|o|'|w|i|c|e}}) is a village in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radziejowice.{{TERYT}} It is situated on the Pisia River, approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of Żyrardów and {{convert|40|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of Warsaw.
History
File:Wieża w Radziejowicach (cropped).jpg
Radziejowice was the seat of the Radziejowski noble family, which gained considerable influence in Poland in the 17th century.{{cite book |author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX|year=1888|language=pl|location=Warszawa|pages=467–468}} Stanisław Radziejowski often hosted Polish King Sigismund III Vasa in Radziejowice, his son Hieronim Radziejowski hosted King Władysław IV Vasa in 1642, and his grandson Michał Stefan Radziejowski hosted Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, wife of Polish Prince James Louis Sobieski. After the death of Michał Stefan Radziejowski, it subsequently passed to the Prażmowski, Ossoliński and Krasiński families. The Krasiński family founded a Catholic parish in 1786 and built a new Neoclassical church in 1822. In 1827, the village had a population of 249.
In 1870, a brickyard was established in Radziejowice.{{cite book|last1=Modzelewski|first1=Rafał|last2=Jarosz|first2=Monika|title=Industrialne Mazowsze|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Mazowiecka Regionalna Organizacja Turystyczna|page=47|isbn=978-83-8218-191-3}}
Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945.
Sights
The landmark of Radziejowice is the Radziejowice Castle, Palace and Park Complex, which additionally contains a lake, wooden manor house and busts of several famous Poles, including Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, Stanisław Wyspiański and Józef Chełmoński. Other sights include the Neoclassical Saint Casimir church.
Radziejowice castle and park (1).jpg|Castle and park
RADZIEJOWICE 13 Kościół p.w.Św.Kazimierza.jpg|Saint Casimir church
TDrRADzDwor 01.jpg|Wooden manor house
H Fryderyk Chopin sculpture in Radziejowice Park.jpg|Bust of Fryderyk Chopin
References
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