Kępa Zawadowska is a neighbourhood and a area in

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, located within the district of

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. The neighbourhood is dominated by low-rise residential building, with additional presence of farmland. It was founded in 1819, and settled by

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. In 1951, it was incorporated into the nearby city of Warsaw.

History

The village of Kępa Zawadowska was founded in 1819 next to the

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, by nobleperson

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. It was located to the south of the village of Zawady, and inhabited by inhabited by Olenders, settlers of

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origin.Stanisław Herbst: ''Mokotów od połowy XVII w. do 1939 r.'' In: ''Dzieje Mokotowa''. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1972, p. 41–43. (in Polish) In 1832 in the village new houses, a school, and an Evangelical–Augsburg Cemetery were built. In 1905 the settlement had the population if 278 people in 35 households.''Encyklopedia Warszawy''. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1994, p. 331. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish) During the

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, while under the

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, the inhabitants had been listed as the ''

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'' (''ethnic Germans'') by the German People's List. Between 1942 and 1943 in Kępa Zawadowska functioned a

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for the

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prisoners. In 1942 it incarcerated 400 prisoners. In June 1944, the population of the village was evacuated to

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, due to closing in

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forces. On 15 March 1951, Kępa Zawadowska was incorporated into the nearby city of

. In 2006, the district of

was subdivided into the areas, with Kępa Zawadowska becoming one of them.

Characteristics

Kępa Zawadowska is dominated by low-rise residential buildings, with additional presence of farmland.
Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta stołecznego Warszawy ze zmianami
''. Warsaw: Warsaw City Council, 1 March 2018, pp. 10–14. (in Polish) Its western boundary is formed by Wilanówka river, and its eastern boundary, the

river. In its south-eastern portion is located the Zawady Islands nature reserve, which includes a few islands on Vistula rives. Currently, at 11 Bruzdowa Street is being built a

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Church of the Mission of the Students of Lord.

Location and administrative boundaries

Kępa Zawadowska is a neighbourhood and a , located in the city of

, within the south-eastern portion of the district of

. To the north its border is determined by the Expressway S2; to the east by the

river; to the south by the border of Warsaw to the south; and to the west by Wilanówka. It borders Zawady to the north,

Falenica Falenica is a part of Wawer, one of districts of Warsaw, located on the right bank of the Vistula, in the far southeastern corner of the city. Until 1951 it was a separate village, then it became part of Warsaw. Before the Second World War Falen ...

, and Nadwiśle to the east,

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to the south-east, the municipality of

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to the south, and

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, and Powsinek to the west. Its eastern boundary form the border of the district of Wilanów, bordering district of

Wawer Wawer () is one of the dzielnica, districts of Warsaw, located in the south-eastern part of the city. The Vistula river runs along its western border. Wawer became a district of Warsaw on 27 October 2002 (previously it was a part of Praga Południ ...

. Its southern border forms the border of Warsaw, bordering

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, and

Otwock County __NOTOC__ Otwock County () 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 reforms passed in 1998. ...

References

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