Ząbki is a town in central

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with 31,884 inhabitants (2013). It is situated in the

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

, just northeast of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

Location

Ząbki is located away from Warsaw city center. It borders Warsaw to the south and west, the city of

Marki Marki () is a town in central Poland, in the Warsaw metropolitan area in the Masovian Voivodeship, just to the north-east of the Polish capital Warsaw. Marki, a Warsaw suburb, was incorporated in 1967. While by Polish standards Marki is a relativ ...

to the north and

Zielonka Zielonka is a town in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 17,398 inhabitants (2013). It is located about to the north-east of the centre of Warsaw. Zielonka borders Warsaw and several other towns of the Warsaw metropolitan area ...

to the east.

History

Initially called ''Wola Ząbkowa'', the settlement dates back to the 16th century. It was a royal village, administratively located in the Warsaw County in the

in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1880, Count Plater from the Polish noble family of Plater owned a

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in Ząbki. Ząbki was a place of concentration of some Polish units participating in the victorious Battle of Warsaw against the invading Russians in August 1920. During the joint German-Soviet

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...

, which started

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in September 1939, Ząbki was invaded by Germany, and then occupied until 1944. Ząbki obtained town status in 1967. In Ząbki, Blessed

Jerzy Popiełuszko Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947 – 19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three ...

first served as a young priest in 1972–1975. There is a monument of Fr. Popiełuszko in the town.

Transport

Railway line connects the city to Warszawa Wileńska, proximity to expressways makes for easy road access both to the north of Warsaw via Trasa AK, and south via Trasa Siekierkowska and Lazienkowska. Several bus routes connect Ząbki with Warsaw, as the

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lines.

Sports

The local

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team is

Ząbkovia Ząbki Ząbkovia Ząbki () is a Polish professional association football, football club, based in Ząbki, Masovian Voivodeship. The club's colors are red, white, and blue. Its biggest successes were achieved when the club was called Dolcan Ząbki . The ...

. It competes in the lower leagues.

References

External links

*http://www.zabki.pl/
Jewish Community in Ząbki
on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Wołomin County {{Wołomin-geo-stub