Tomaszów Mazowiecki

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Tomaszów is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was part of Piotrków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Tomaszów occupies an area of {{convert|41.3|km2|1|abbr=out}} as of 2002. The town is situated on the banks of three rivers, the Pilica, Wolbórka, and Czarna Bielina, and is near the Sulejow Reservoir and the edge of the Puszcza Spalska wilderness area.

File:06861-Tomaszow-1905-Ulica Kaliszska-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag.jpg Avenue. In the background of the photo, the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, existing on the main square of Tomaszów since 1901 to 1925.{{Cite book |last=Cynalewska-Kuczma |first=Paulina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzTFAAAACAAJ |title=Architektura cerkiewna Królestwa Polskiego narzędziem integracji z Imperium Rosyjskim |date=2004 |publisher=Wydawn. Naukowe UAM |isbn=978-83-232-1463-2 |language=pl |trans-title=Orthodox Church architecture of the Congress Poland as a tool of integration with the Russian Empire}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-03-07 |title=Cerkiew stała kiedyś na środku pl. Kościuszki w Tomaszowie Maz. – ZDJĘCIA |trans-title=The Orthodox Church used to stand in the center of the Kosciuszko Square in Tomaszow Maz – PHOTOS |url=https://tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl/cerkiew-stala-kiedys-na-srodku-pl-kosciuszki-w-tomaszowie/ar/c1-8170631 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Tomaszów Mazowiecki Nasze Miasto |publisher=Polska Press Group |language=pl-PL}}]]

Tomaszów Mazowiecki was founded in 1788 by Count Tomasz Adam Ostrowski when iron ore was discovered there. Ostrowski invited the first miners and metallurgists from the Old-Polish Industrial Region.{{Cite book|last=Ostrowski|first=Antoni|title=Wspomnienie o życiu Tomasza z Rawitow hr. Ostrowskiego, prezesa seantatu KP|year=1980|publisher=Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych – Archiwum Ostrowskich z Ujazdu|isbn=9788301011888|location=Warsaw|pages=39–40}}{{Cite book|last=Seweryn|first=Tadeusz|title=Historia powstania i rozwoju miasta Tomaszowa Mazowieckiego 1789–1900|publisher=Echo Mazowieckie|year=1927|pages=7–32}} The settlement fell into the Prussian Partition in 1793 during the Second Partition of Poland. In 1807 it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, and since 1815 it was located in the Russian Partition. The metal industry was expanded around 1820. Tomaszów received city rights in 1830 during the Polish November Uprising against the Russian Empire. The first weavers came to Tomaszów from Zgorzelec. The first Lutheran church was established in 1823.{{Cite book|last=Rudź|first=Włodzimierz|title=Wytwórczość górniczo–hutnicza w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim|publisher=Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe|year=1980|isbn=9788301011888|location=Warsaw|page=77}} In 1825, Antoni Ostrowski transferred from the village of Tobiasze to Tomaszów a Catholic parish with the church of St. Wenceslas – Duke of Bohemia, which was located at Wieczność St., in the area of the first Catholic cemetery (nowadays Słowackiego St).{{Cite book|last=Seweryn|first=Tadeusz|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich.|year=1995|isbn=83-85490-09-4|page=12}}{{cite web|last=Redakcja|date=2013-10-16|title=Tomaszów wczoraj i dziś: Kościół św. Wacława [STARE ZDJĘCIA]|url=https://tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl/tomaszow-wczoraj-i-dzis-kosciol-sw-waclawa-stare-zdjecia/ar/c1-2033410|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Tomaszów Mazowiecki Nasze Miasto|language=pl-PL}} In 1831 Qahal was founded. During the January Uprising, on July 12 and September 1, 1863, clashes between Polish insurgents and Russian soldiers took place.{{cite book|last=Zieliński|first=Stanisław|title=Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|year=1913|language=pl|publisher=Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|location=Rapperswil|pages=37, 43}} From 1867, it was administratively located in the Piotrków Governorate.

During World War I, Tomaszów was occupied by Germany, which policies led to poverty and hunger among the population.{{cite journal|last=Jarno|first=Witold|year=2015|title=Zarys wojskowych dziejów Tomaszowa Mazowieckiego w latach II Rzeczypospolitej|journal=Przegląd Nauk Historycznych|language=pl|issue=2|page=147}} During the war, local Poles organized secret resistance in the town, including the Polish Military Organisation.Jarno, p. 148 After the war, on November 11, 1918, Poland regained independence, and the Poles disarmed German troops, who afterwards left the town. In mid-November 1918, the town's first Polish military unit was organized.Jarno, p. 152 Within interwar Poland, the Polish Army was stationed in the town, and it administratively belonged to the Łódź Voivodeship. By 1931 the Jewish population of the city grew to 11,310 inhabitants, or about 30% of the general population of Tomaszów.{{cite web |url=https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/t/525-tomaszow-mazowiecki/96-historia-miejscowosci/67955-historia-miejscowosci |title=History of Tomaszów Mazowiecki |publisher=Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN |work="Tomaszowscy Żydzi", Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Tomaszowa Mazowieckiego |date=2015 |access-date=19 April 2015 |author=Fronczkowski M.}}

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki w woj. łódzkim, PL,EU. Spalska 110. Tablica upamiętniająca część ofier mordów dokonywanych przez Niemców wśród pracowników TFSJ (w PRL jako Tomaszowska Fabryka Włókien Sztucznych, później Wistom) CC0.jpg

On 1 September 1939, the first day of the German-Soviet invasion of Poland that started World War II, the Germans air raided the town twice, killing seven people.{{cite web|url=https://tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl/pierwsze-dni-ii-wojny-swiatowej-w-tomaszowie/ar/c1-1063737|title=Pierwsze dni II wojny światowej w Tomaszowie|website=Tomaszów Mazowiecki Nasze Miasto|accessdate=14 February 2021|author=Joanna Dębiec|date=3 September 2011 |language=pl}} Further air raids were carried out in the following days, forcing many inhabitants to flee. The Germans bombed houses, factories and fire engines. On 6 September, the Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki was fought between Poland and Germany. On 7 September, the Germans entered the town and the Einsatzgruppe III arrived to commit various atrocities against the populace.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warsaw|publisher=IPN|pages=56–57}} The Germans then looted the town, burned houses, and committed some murders of its inhabitants. On 26 September, the Germans founded a local branch of the Arbeitsamt, which sent local Poles to forced labour.{{cite journal|last=Góral|first=Jan|year=2002|title=Roboty przymusowe w Piotrkowskiem w latach okupacji hitlerowskiej|journal=Piotrkowskie Zeszyty Historyczne|language=pl|issue=4|page=146}} The Great Synagogue was burned to the ground as first on 16 October 1939; the remaining two synagogues were destroyed on 7{{ndash}}14 November.

Before the Polish Independence Day (11 November), in 1939, the German police carried out mass arrests of about 300 Poles, including priests, teachers, doctors, judges, workers and activists.Wardzyńska, p. 250 Most were released after November 11, but some, including the pre-war mayor, were imprisoned in Piotrków Trybunalski. Further mass arrests of Poles were carried out in January, June and August 1940.Wardzyńska, p. 251, 266 On 12–13 June, the Germans arrested 280 people, while on 12–13 August they arrested many women.Wardzyńska, p. 266 The victims were then interrogated by the Gestapo, and most were afterwards deported to the Sachsenhausen, Ravensbrück and Buchenwald concentration camps, while some were murdered on the spot.Wardzyńska, p. 266-267 A ghetto for the imprisonment of 16,500 Polish Jews was created in December 1940 and closed off from the outside in December 1941. Hunger was rampant, followed by the typhus epidemic. In December 1942, 15,000 Jews were deported aboard Holocaust trains to the Treblinka extermination camp. Some 200 Jews from Tomaszów are known to have survived World War II. The Germans carried out further executions of Poles, among which was priest Wojciech Dionizy Bryndza-Nacki,{{cite web|url=http://www.swzygmunt.knc.pl/MARTYROLOGIUM/POLISHRELIGIOUS/vPOLISH/HTMs/POLISHRELIGIOUSmartyr3267.htm|title=Wojciech Dionizy Bryndza-Nacki|accessdate=14 February 2021|language=pl}} and also established and operated a Nazi prison,{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000849|title=Schweres NS-Gefängnis Tomaszów Mazowiecki 02|website=Bundesarchiv.de|accessdate=14 February 2021|language=de}} and a Baudienst forced labour camp for young Poles in the town.Góral, p. 148 In 1944, even 12-year-old Polish children were used as slave labourers to build fortifications in the area in preparation for the advancing Eastern Front.Góral, p. 158 In 1944, during and following the Warsaw Uprising, the Germans deported thousands of Varsovians from the Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków, where they were initially imprisoned, to Tomaszów Mazowiecki.{{cite web|url=http://dulag121.pl/encyklopediaa/transporty-z-obozu-dulag-121/|title=Transporty z obozu Dulag 121|website=Muzeum Dulag 121|accessdate=8 May 2021|language=pl}} Those Poles were mainly old people, ill people and women with children. 30,000 Poles expelled from Warsaw stayed in the town and nearby settlements, as of 1 November 1944.

File:Nowy Park Miejski Bulwary nad rzeką Wolbórką oddany do użytku w 2019 roku. Tomaszów Mazowiecki, województwo łódkzie, PL, EU. CC0.jpg „Bulwary” in the historical town center on the Wolbórka river south bank]]

According to 2006 data, Tomaszów has an area of {{convert|41.3|km2}}; about 45 percent of the land is put to agricultural use, 13% is forested, and the city itself covers about 4.03% of the area.

In the valley of the Pilica river in the south-eastern part of the town, there is a unique natural karst spring of water containing calcium salts, that is an object of protection in Niebieskie Źródła Nature Reserve in Sulejów Landscape Park. The origin of the name of the reserve Niebieskie Źródła, which means Blue Springs, comes from the fact that red waves are absorbed by water and only blue and green are reflected from the bottom of the spring, giving that atypical colour.{{cite web|url=http://www.touristlink.com/poland/blue-springs-of-tomaszow-mazowiecki/overview.html |title=Blue Springs of Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland Tourist Information |publisher=Touristlink.com |date= |accessdate=2022-03-19}} The reserve is situated near the end of Saint Anthony Street (in Polish: ulica świętego Antoniego) that begins in the centre of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, in proximity to the central Kościuszko Square.

Tomaszów Mazowiecki has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

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File:(eng.) Weaving wool mills in the Łódź industrial region and in Tomaszów in 1869.png

Since the mid-19th century to the 1990s, a large center of the textile industry. The second, after Łódź, center of clothing wool production in the Congress Poland and nineteenth-century Russia. In the 20th century – thanks to Tomaszów's Artificial Silk Factory – one of the largest European centers for the production of fibers and plastics. Nowadays, Tomaszów Mazowiecki incorporates the Łódź Special Economic Zone, which is one of the 14 special economic zones in Poland.{{cite web|url=https://www.paih.gov.pl/investment_support/sez/lodz|title=PAIH {{!}} Łódź Special Economic Zone|website=www.paih.gov.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-06-07}} The city is home to a variety of industries: ceramics, construction, chemicals, plastics producers, electrical machinery manufacturers, upholstery, food, logistics and service.

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The major minerals companies in the area are Ceramika Paradyż a manufacturer of ceramic tiles{{cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/Biznes/160829799-Polska-jest-trzecim-producentem-plytek-ceramicznych-w-UE.html|title=Polska jest trzecim producentem płytek ceramicznych w UE|website=www.rp.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-06-07}} and Sacmi which specialises in ceramic tile production machines.{{cite web|url=https://www.wallstreetitalia.com/polonia-sacmi-apre-una-nuova-sede-a-tomaszow/|title=Polonia: Sacmi apre una nuova sede a Tomaszow {{!}} WSI|date=2006-11-01|website=Wall Street Italia|language=it|access-date=2019-06-07}} The Wagran factory (built on the area of the former Artificial Silk Company of Tomaszów), is a producer of granite sinks{{cite web|url=http://tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/w-tomaszowie-rusza-nowa-fabryka,694342,art,t,id,tm.html|title=W Tomaszowie rusza nowa fabryka|last=Obszarny|first=Marek|date=2010-12-10|website=tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-06-07}}

=== Construction sector ===

Within the construction sector Balex Metal produces high quality steel construction components.{{cite web|url=http://rankingi.wprost.pl/200-najwiekszych-firm |title=Lista 200 Największych Polskich Firm 2021 - Wprost |publisher=Rankingi.wprost.pl |date=2021-05-14 |accessdate=2022-03-19}} Ezbud-Budownictwo focuses on the construction of residential and service premises, sales and management of constructed properties{{cite web|url=http://zakladowa87.pl/description-of-the-investment/|title=Description of the investment « Zakładowa 87|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-06-07}} and also produces ready-mixed concrete and other building materials. The company has been engaged in the construction of several housing estates in Tomaszów and Łódź from 1989 onwards and since 2019 has been the main sponsor of Tomaszów's largest football club - "Lechia 1923".{{cite web|url=https://ezbud.pl/firma/historia/|title=Historia {{!}} Ezbud.pl|website=ezbud.pl|access-date=2019-06-07}}

=== Chemical industry ===

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki w województwie łódzkim, PL, EU. EcoHydroCarbon (przetwarzanie odpadów polimerowych) na terenie dawnego Wistomu, CCO.jpg

Major chemical companies in Tomaszów include Sicher Bautechnik which is a producer of construction chemicals,{{cite web | url=https://www.pb.pl/gazele/gazela/24880 | title=SICHER BAUTECHNIK Sp. Z o.o., profil firmy - Gazele Biznesu 2021 }} EcoHydroCarbon which specializes in polymer waste processing{{cite web|url=http://ecohc.pl/o-firmie/|title=O firmie {{!}} EcoHydroCarbon|date=May 2013 |access-date=2019-06-07}} and Toma a plastics processing company{{cite web|url=https://www.pphtoma.pl/|title=Toma – Przetwórstwo tworzyw sztucznych – Tomaszów Mazowiecki|website=www.pphtoma.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-06-07}} that also operates a private clinic at its plant for employees to use.

=== Equipment manufacturers ===

The region has several specialist equipment manufacturers that include Markom, a producer of welding and transport equipment, and Glass Product, which manufactures automatic fertilization and raw material transport systems.{{cite web|url=http://www.glass-produkt.com.pl/|title=Glass-Produkt|website=www.glass-produkt.com.pl|access-date=2019-06-07}}

===Carpets and upholstery industry===

File:Salon firmowy fabryki dywanów Weltom w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim, PL, EU. CC0.jpg

The Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has a base in Tomaszów, specializing in the production of upholstery for its range of premium vehicles.{{cite web|url=https://tomaszow-tit.pl/artykul.php?idart=9071|title=TIT - Tomaszowski Informator Tygodniowy - przegląd artykułu|website=tomaszow-tit.pl|access-date=2019-06-07}} Weltom, a producer or carpets and rugs, also has a base in the city. The company was founded by Eleonora and Jan Roland. Their son, Edward Roland, began the business in 1848 from a small workshop consisting of a spinning mill and a weaving mill operated by three people. The workshop was located on Kaliska Street (today Piłsudskiego). In 1905, the company had expanded to employ a hundred and thirty weavers. The company quickly made a name for itself and became known throughout the Russian Empire. After World War II, the company was nationalized and renamed the "Weltom". In the 1990s, the plant underwent a transformation into a joint-stock company. Today, in addition to carpets, the company produces upholstery and coconut wipers. The entire western district of the city (Rolandówka) has been named after the company's founders.{{cite web|url=http://tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/stare-dzieje-tomaszowskiej-rolandowki-urocza-dzielnica,1477193,artgal,t,id,tm.html|title=Stare dzieje tomaszowskiej Rolandówki. Urocza dzielnica słynąca z wyrobu dywanów|last=Dębiec|first=Joanna|date=2012-07-15|website=tomaszowmazowiecki.naszemiasto.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-06-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.weltom.pl/?strona=52|title=Dywany Weltom - o firmie|website=www.weltom.pl|access-date=2019-06-07}}

File:Fabryka PepsiCo w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim.jpg

Within Tomaszów's food and beverage sector PepsiCo produces the famous Cheetos crisps,{{cite web|url=https://www.pepsicopoland.com/pl/Strona,PepsiCo_wzmacnia_swoja_pozycje_na_rynku_slonych_przekasek_|title=PepsiCo.com|website=www.pepsicopoland.com|access-date=2019-06-07}} Chipita produces croissants{{cite web|url=https://www.chipita.com/el-en/|title=Home|website=www.chipita.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-07}} and Roldrob (Drosed) produces poultry products{{cite web|url=https://www.roldrob.com.pl/|title=Roldrob S.A. – Grupa Drosed – polskie produkty|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-06-07}} for customers such as KFC. Additionally, Las Vegas is a producer of energy drinks where the group also own the "Bulwary" shopping center in the city.

Other companies in the region specializing in logistics and services are FM Logistic, serving Carrefour and Makro Cash and Carry,{{cite web|url=http://www.dlahandlu.pl/detal-hurt/wiadomosci/fm-logistic-rozbuduje-centrum-w-tomaszowie-mazowieckim,40581.html|title=FM Logistic rozbuduje centrum w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim|website=www.dlahandlu.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-06-07}} and Syntom, a recycling company.{{cite web|url=http://www.syntom.pl/en|title=Syntom Metal Recycling Sp. z o.o. - Skup złomu, złom, surowce wtórne|website=www.syntom.pl|access-date=2019-06-07}}

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The town's most notable sport clubs are {{ill|Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki|pl}} with football and volleyball sections and {{ill|Pilica Tomaszów Mazowiecki|pl}} with speed skating and bowling sections.

The sports venue Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki hosts main international speed skating competitions; including ISU Speed Skating World Cups. It is also an ice hockey venue.

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki, województwo łódzkie. Filia Universytetu Łódzkiego w Tomaszowie. PL,EU, CC0.jpg

There are seven high schools in Tomaszów Mazowiecki as well as branches of notable universities including:

• Branch of University of Łódź
• Branch of Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom (pl)
• Branch of Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Przedsiębiorczości in Ostrowiec (pl)

In the city there is first in Poland year-round ice skating rink that serves for speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, short track and roller skating. It is located near Pilica River.{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/5/Artykul/332717,New-USD-13-million-speed-skating-arena-opens-in-Poland|title=New USD 13 million speed skating arena opens in Poland}}

{{Main|Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki}}

During the occupation of Poland in World War II, several strategic bunkers were built by Nazi Germany near Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The construction of the two large air-raid shelters was started in early 1940.

The so-called Konewka Bunkers (now a tourist attraction) were a complex of various concrete structures hidden in the woods, including an enormous {{convert|380|m}} long bunker capable of protecting an entire trainset from the possible air raid. The shelters in Konewka and in Jeleń, built of reinforced concrete, served as unloading stations for military cargo.{{cite web |title=Bunker in Konewka. Tourist Route - Poland |url=https://www.poland.travel/en/underground-tourist-route/%E2%80%9Cbunker-in-konewka%E2%80%9D-tourist-route |author=PPHU IMAX |location=Lodz |date=2017}}

File:Widok na Zalew Sulejowski od strony Tomaszowa Mazowieckiego.jpg, 7 km from the town center]]

{{main article|Sulejowski Reservoir}}

The Sulejow Lake is a large reservoir built from 1969–1973 in order to help meet the demand for fresh drinking water in the city of Łódź and the city of Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The reservoir is situated on the territory of three gminas: Tomaszów, Piotrków and Wolbórz. It is a popular place for water sports, including windsurfing, canoeing and sailing.

File:The Nagórzyckie Grottoes in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, central Poland. Polish- Groty Nagórzyckie. Former underground quartz sand mine, now underground tourist route.jpg

In the south of the town there is an eighteenth-century quartz sand mine - The Nagórzyckie Grottoes (Polish: Groty Nagórzyckie). Today, an underground tourist route. At the entrance there is a pavilion with ticket desk, food vending machines and public toilets. They can be reached from the town center by a city bus or by an illuminated bicycle path.{{cite web|title=poland.Nagorzyce Grottos|url=https://www.poland.travel/en/underground-tourist-routes/nagorzyce-grottos|access-date=2021-08-31|website=www.poland.travel}}{{cite web|title=Nagórzyckie Caves - Tomaszów Mazowiecki {{!}} Lodz tourpoland.net - tourist Poland|url=https://lodz.tourpoland.net/tomaszow-mazowiecki/caves-and-rock-forms/nagorzyckie-caves-1921|access-date=2021-08-31|website=lodz.tourpoland.net}}{{cite web|title=Nagorzyckie Grotto (Tomaszow Mazowiecki) - 2021 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)|url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1638092-d10846276-Reviews-Nagorzyckie_Grotto-Tomaszow_Mazowiecki_Lodz_Province_Central_Poland.html|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Tripadvisor|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=http://cepl.sggw.pl/sim/pdf/sim55_pdf/felczk_mandziuk_parzych.pdf|title=Economic aspects of creating silvaturist products on the exam-ple of the Smardzewice Forest District|publisher=Wydział Leśny SGGW w Warszawie}}

File:The railway station in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, May 2019.jpg

Public transportation by buses was established in 1929. Since 2018, public transport in the city is free of charge.

Directly by train from Tomaszów it is possible to travel to: Kraków, Łodź, Poznań, Gdynia, Szczecin.

Several national and regional routes cross each other in the city:

• {{Jct|country=POL|S|8}} direction Suwałki – Warsaw – Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Wrocław – Kudowa-Zdrój
• {{Jct|country=POL|DK|48}} direction Kozienice – Dęblin – Kock
• {{Jct|country=POL|DW|713}} direction Łódź – Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Januszewice near Opoczno

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{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}

Tomaszów Mazowiecki is twinned with:{{cite web|title=Miasta partnerskie Tomaszowa|url=https://www.nasztomaszow.pl/wiadomosci/27117,miasta-partnerskie-tomaszowa|publisher=Tomaszów Mazowiecki|language=pl|access-date=2024-09-15}}

• {{flagicon|UKR}} Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Linares, Spain
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Mionica, Serbia
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Polonezköy (Beykoz), Turkey

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki w województwie łódzkim, PL, EU. Przemarsz żołnierzy tomaszowskiej Kawalerii Powietrznej na główny plac Tomaszowa przed uroczystościami miejskimi w 2019 roku. CC0.ogv

The 25th Air Cavalry Brigade is deployed in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Headquarters there are in the town and main barracks. Garnison Polish Armed Forces in Tomaszów Mazowiecki has existed since 1918. At the north-eastern border of the town, by Expressway S8 there is the Brigade airport (Tomaszów Mazowiecki Airport).{{Cite web |title=25 Brygada Kawalerii Powietrznej |url=https://www.wojsko-polskie.pl/25bkpow/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.wojsko-polskie.pl |language=Polish}}{{Cite web |title=THE POLISH MILITARY CONTINGENT ON THE FIELD |url=https://jfcnaples.nato.int/kfor/media-center/archive/news/2020/the-polish-military-contingent-on-the-field.aspx |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=jfcnaples.nato.int |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=S.A |first=Telewizja Polska |title=Polish soldiers ready for peacekeeping mission in Kosovo |url=https://tvpworld.com/45390377/polish-soldiers-ready-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-kosovo |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=tvpworld.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=Dec 2, 2021 |year=2021 |title=Wojskowe w lotniska w Polsce |trans-title=Military Airports Poland |url=https://www.ais.pansa.pl/mil/pliki/EP_AD_4_EPTM_en.pdf |access-date=Dec 7, 2022 |website=Polish Air Navigation Services Agency}}

• Karolina Bosiek (born 2000), Polish speed skater
• Maria Ciach (1933–2008), Polish javelin thrower
• Tadeusz Chmielewski (1927–2016), Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer
• Moshe Dluznowsky (1903–1977), Polish-born Jewish-American journalist, publicist, writer
• Mirosława Jastrzębska (1921–1982), curator of the Regional Museum in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
• Heidi Knake-Werner (born 1943), German politician (Die Linke)
• Cezary Pazura (born 1962), Polish film, theatre and dubbing actor
• Izabela Kuna (born 1970), Polish actress
• Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist
• Bogusław Mec (born 1947), Polish singer
• Bolesław Mołojec (1909–1942), Polish communist activist, prominent commander in The International Brigades during War in Spain
• Wanda Panfil-González (born 1959), Polish long-distance runner
• Jaromir Radke (born 1969), Polish speed skater
• Michael Sela (1924–2022), Israeli immunologist; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science

File:The S8 expressway (Warsaw - Wrocław, Katowice), over Ujezdzka Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Łódź Voivodeship), Poland, EU.png|The expressway S8 (Białystok – Warsaw - Wrocław / Katowice), over Ujezdzka Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

File:I LO im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim. Szkoła od lat odnotowywana wśród najlepszych polskich liceów w rankingu miesięcznika Perspektywy.jpg|The oldest secondary school (AD 1903) Listed in the rank of the top 500 schools in Poland

File:Przykład udanej adaptacji XIX-wiecznych budynków fabrycznych na galerię handlową w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim.jpg | The largest shopping center- "Galeria Tomaszów", former textile factory

File:Galeria Tomaszów.jpg|The largest shopping center on the Wolbórka river - "Galeria Tomaszów"

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Komenda Policji. Po dekomunizacji ulicy Oskara Langego przy ulicy Wandy Panfil.jpg|Police station

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki, iluminacje na placu Kościuszki, maj 2018.jpg|Main square by night

File:JKRUK 20110425 TOMASZOW MAZ KOSCIOL SW ANTONIEGO DSC02519.jpg|Parish church of St Anthony

File:Zespół pałacowy załozycieli miasta - Ostrowskich w Tomaszowie z 1812 roku. Obecnie muzeum.jpg|The Ostrowski Palace, built in 1812. Now, regional museum.

File:Tenement house of the Knothe family, Kościuszko Square 18, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.jpg|The Knothe Family house. Now, children's library

File:Pilica River in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (5AM, May 2019).jpg|Pilica River in Tomaszów

File:Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim. Neogotycki kościół z 1902 roku.jpg|Evangelical-Augsburg Church

File:Wysoki na 100 metrów maszt TP Emitel przy Mościckiego w Tomaszowie. Obsługuje sieci komórkowe oraz TVP1.jpg| 100 meters high television mast in the telecommunications complex in the city center

File:Special school at Majowa Street in Tomaszow Mazowiecki.jpg|Complex of special schools

File:Jeden z trzech stadionów klubu sportowego Lechia.jpg|One of stadiums of city football club "Lechia 1923"

File:Electric scooters, Warszawska Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.jpg|Electric kick scooters on the street

File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. Residents of Tomaszów on the main square of the town. 31.12.2022.ogv|Residents of Tomaszów on the main square of the town (end of December 2022)

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