Józefów () is a town in east-central

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, located in

Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...

, in

Otwock County __NOTOC__ Otwock County ( pl, powiat otwocki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refo ...

. It lies about southeast 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 ...

city centre and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of

Vistula 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 ...

and

Świder Świder is a river in Masovia, Poland. It is a tributary to the Vistula near Otwock Otwock is a city in east-central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 44,635 inhabitants (2019). Otwock is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is sit ...

rivers, it is home to one landscape reserve and three natural reservation zones. it had 18,157 inhabitants.Jozefow.pl
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Gallery

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File:Kościół Jana Chrzciciela w Józefowie.jpg, Church of St

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File:Gimnazjum nr. 1 Józefów - Mateusz Włodarczyk.jpg, Public gymnasium File:Komisariat Józefów.JPG , Police station

References

External links

Jewish Community in Józefów
on Virtual Shtetl

at Józefów homepage.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jozefow Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Otwock County Warsaw Governorate Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)