Żelazna Brama, also designated as the Neighbourhood No. 3, is a
municipal neighbourhood of the city of
Warsaw,
Poland, located within the district of
Śródmieście, and administered by a
neighbourhood council. It is located within the
City Information System area of
Śródmieście Północne Śródmieście is a Polish word for "city centre" or "downtown". In particular it may refer to the following designated districts:
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* Śródmieście, Gdynia
* Śródmieście, Katowice
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Name
The name of the neighbourhood, ''Żelazna Brama'', which means ''Iron Gate'' in Polish, comes from the Iron Gate, an entrance gate to the Saxon Garden, which from 1735 to the Second World War (1939–1945), was a notable landmark in the area.[Ryszard Mączewski, Jarosław Zieliński, Krzysztof Jaszczyński: ''Co bylo za Żelazną Bramą?''. In: ''Stolica''. no. 10 (2199), p. 6–18, October 2008. Warsaw: Ekbin. ISSN 0039-1689. (in Polish)]
History
The municipal neighbourhood of Żelazna Brama was established on 10 March 2016.[
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Government
The neighbourhood government is divided into two organs, the neighbourhood council as the legislative body
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, and the neighbourhood management as the executive body.[
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Location and administrative boundaries
The neighbourhood boundaries are determined by Solidarity Avenue
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to the north, Bank Square, and Marszałkowska Street to the east, Jerusalem Avenue to the south, and Jana Pawła II Warsaw to the west.[ It is located within the City Information System area of ]Śródmieście Północne Śródmieście is a Polish word for "city centre" or "downtown". In particular it may refer to the following designated districts:
* Śródmieście, Warsaw
* Śródmieście, Gdańsk
* Śródmieście, Gdynia
* Śródmieście, Katowice
* ŚródmieŠ...
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References
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