Żerań is a northern suburb of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Poland, situated in the

Białołęka Białołęka (, from ''biały'' - ''white'' and ''łąka'' - ''meadow'') is one of 18 districts of Warsaw, located in the northern part of the city. Until October 27, 2002 Białołęka was a gmina. The name ''Białołęka'' comes from a nobleman ...

district. It is noted for the

Żerań Power Station Żerań Heat Power Station ( pl, Elektrociepłownia Żerań) is a coal-fired heat power station in the northeastern Warsaw suburb of Żerań, Poland. Built between 1952 and 1956 to Soviet design specifications – with the first turbine becomi ...

. The area borders with the

Vistula River The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

, the

Praga-Północ Praga-Północ (from Polish: ''North Prague'') is a district in Warsaw located in the central part of the city. History Praga is one of the oldest districts in Warsaw. Through the centuries, Warsaw's right-bank was an independent town. In 1648 it ...

district and the

Tarchomin Tarchomin is a neighborhood of Białołęka district, in northern Warsaw, Poland. History The village of Tarchomin has been known since the Middle Ages. Its name appears in documents as early as the 13th century. It was a noble village, inhabited ...

, Różopol, Konstantynów and

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housing estates. __TOC__

History

Żerań was first mentioned in the fourteenth century. The name comes from the old Polish terms "żyr" or "żer" and the name means "pasture in the forest". In the western side of Żerań is the housing estate Piekiełko at , which includes the Kasztanowa, Płużnicka and Ekspresowa streets. It was founded in the second half of the 19th century along the present Modlińska Street. By 1887, 51 houses were erected here. 58 people were recorded in the 1912 census. The Jabłonowska Railway, which ran to Jabłonna in 1900–1956 (with breaks in 1939 and 1944) contributed to the development of the settlement. The railway was instrumental in transporting goods from the Spiess chemical (later pharmaceutical) factory in

(now Polfa Tarchomin SA) and the chemical factory "Winnica" in Henryków. During the German occupation, a Jewish labor camp operated in Piekiełka. It was liquidated in November 1942. Piekiełko was annexed to Warsaw together with other neighboring villages in 1951.

Economy

The Żerań estate mainly has industrial functions. It contains a

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many pow ...

, which began operations in 1954, a furnace waste dump, numerous office buildings and warehouses, a glass hardening factory, manufacturer H + H Poland, and the Żerański Canal and port. During the People's Republic of Poland, the Faelbe Concrete Element Factory operated in Żerań.

References

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