Tomaszów Mazowiecki (, yi, טאָמעשעוו or ''Tomashuv'') is a city in central

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with 60,529 inhabitants (2021). The fourth most populous city in the Łódź Voivodeship and the second with free public transport. In Tomaszów Mazowiecki there is the first (and the only) all-year speed skating track in Poland - Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki, which has been hosting the World Championships. In autumn, the city hosts the international Love Polish Jazz festival, organized by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Location

Tomaszów is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was part of Piotrków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Prior to World War One it was part of the Piotrków Gubernia (province) of the Russian Empire. Tomaszów occupies an area of as of 2002. The town is situated on the banks of three rivers, the Pilica, Wolbórka, and Czarna Bielina, and is near the Sulejow Reservoir and the edge of the Puszcza Spalska wilderness area.

History

Tomaszów Mazowiecki was formed in 1788 in the

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by owner these lands – Tomasz Ostrowski based on local supply of the

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. Ostrowski invited the first miners and metallurgists from the

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. The settlement fell into the Prussian Partition in 1793 during the Second Partition of Poland. In 1807 it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived

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, and since 1815 it was located in the Russian Partition. The metal industry was expanded around 1820. Tomaszów received

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in 1830 during the Polish

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against the

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. The first weavers came to Tomaszów from Zgorzelec. The first

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church was established in 1823. In 1825, Antoni Ostrowski transferred from the village of Tobiasze to Tomaszów a Catholic parish with the church of St. Wenceslas – Duke of Bohemia, which was located at Wieczność St., in the area of the first Catholic cemetery (nowadays Słowackiego St). In 1831

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was founded. During the

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, on July 12 and September 1, 1863, clashes between Polish insurgents and Russian soldiers took place. During

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, Tomaszów was occupied by Germany, which policies led to poverty and hunger among the population. During the war, local Poles organized secret resistance in the town, including the Polish Military Organisation. After the war, on November 11, 1918, Poland regained independence, and the Poles disarmed German troops, who afterwards left the town. In mid-November 1918, the town's first Polish military unit was organized. Within interwar Poland, the Polish Army was stationed in the town, and it administratively belonged to the Łódź Voivodeship. By 1931 the

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population of the city grew to 11,310 inhabitants, or about 30% of the general population of Tomaszów.

World War II

On September 1, 1939, the first day of the German-Soviet

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that started

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, the Germans air raided the town twice, killing seven people. Further air raids were carried out in the following days, forcing many inhabitants to flee. The Germans bombed houses, factories and

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s. On September 6, the

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was fought between Poland and Germany. On September 7, the Germans entered the town and the '' Einsatzgruppe III'' arrived to commit various atrocities against the populace. The Germans then looted the town, burned houses, and committed some murders of its inhabitants. The Great Synagogue was burned to the ground as first on 16 October 1939; the remaining two synagogues were destroyed on 714 November. Before the Polish Independence Day (November 11), in 1939, the German police carried out mass arrests of about 300

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, including priests, teachers, doctors, judges, workers and activists.Wardzyńska, p. 250 Most were released after November 11, but some, including the pre-war mayor, were imprisoned in Piotrków Trybunalski. Further mass arrests of Poles were carried out in January, June and August 1940. On 12–13 June, the Germans arrested 280 people, while on 12–13 August they arrested many women. The victims were then interrogated by the

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, and most were afterwards deported to the

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, Ravensbrück and Buchenwald concentration camps, while some were murdered on the spot. A

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for the imprisonment of 16,500

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was created in December 1940 and closed off from the outside in December 1941. Hunger was rampant, followed by the

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epidemic. In December 1942, 15,000 Jews were deported aboard

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to the Treblinka extermination camp. Some 200 Jews from Tomaszów are known to have survived World War II. The Germans carried out further executions of Poles, among which was priest Wojciech Dionizy Bryndza-Nacki, and also established and operated a Nazi prison in the town. In 1944, during and following the

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, the Germans deported thousands of Varsovians from the Dulag 121 camp in Pruszków, where they were initially imprisoned, to Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Those Poles were mainly old people, ill people and women with children. 30,000 Poles expelled from

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stayed in the town and nearby settlements, as of 1 November 1944.

Geography

According to 2006 data, Tomaszów has an area of ; about 45 percent of the land is put to agricultural use, 13% is forested, and the city itself covers about 4.03% of the area. In the valley of the Pilica river in the south-eastern part of the town, there is a unique natural

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of water containing calcium salts, that is an object of protection in Niebieskie Źródła Nature Reserve in

Sulejów Landscape Park Sulejów Landscape Park (''Sulejowski Park Krajobrazowy'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in central Poland, established in 1994 and covering an area of . It takes its name from the town of Sulejów. The Park lies within Łódź Voivodeshi ...

. The origin of the name of the reserve ''Niebieskie Źródła'', which means ''Blue Springs'', comes from the fact that red waves are absorbed by water and only blue and green are reflected from the bottom of the spring, giving that atypical colour. The reserve is situated near the end of Saint Anthony Street (in Polish: ulica świętego Antoniego) that begins in the centre of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, in proximity to the central Kościuszko Square.

Climate

Tomaszów Mazowiecki has a humid continental climate (''Cfb'' in the

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Economy

Since the mid-19th century to the 1990s, a large center of the

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. The second, after

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, center of clothing wool production in the

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and nineteenth-century Russia. In the 20th century – thanks to Tomaszów's Artificial Silk Factory – one of the largest European centers for the production of fibers and plastics. Nowadays, Tomaszów Mazowiecki incorporates the Łódź Special Economic Zone, which is one of the 14 special economic zones in Poland. The city is home to a variety of industries: ceramics,

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, chemicals, plastics producers, electrical machinery manufacturers, upholstery, food,

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and service.

Materials Industry

The major minerals companies in the area are Ceramika Paradyż a manufacturer of

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and Sacmi which specialises in ceramic tile production machines. The Wagran factory (built on the area of the former Artificial Silk Company of Tomaszów), is a producer of granite sinks

Construction Sector

Within the construction sector Balex Metal produces high quality steel construction components. Ezbud-Budownictwo focuses on the construction of residential and service premises, sales and management of constructed properties and also produces ready-mixed concrete and other building materials. The company has been engaged in the construction of several housing estates in Tomaszów and Łódź from 1989 onwards and since 2019 has been the main sponsor of Tomaszów's largest football club - "Lechia 1923".

Chemical Industry

Major chemical companies in Tomaszów include Sicher Bautechnik which is a producer of construction chemicals, EcoHydroCarbon which specializes in

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waste processing and Toma a plastics processing company that also operates a private clinic at its plant for employees to use.

Equipment Manufacturers

The region has several specialist equipment manufacturers that include Markom, a producer of

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and transport equipment, and Glass Product, which manufactures automatic fertilization and raw material transport systems.

Carpets and upholstery industry

The Japanese car manufacturer

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has a base in Tomaszów, specializing in the production of

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for its range of premium vehicles. Weltom, a producer or

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s and rugs, also has a base in the city. The company was founded by Eleonora and Jan Roland. Their son, Edward Roland, began the business in 1848 from a small workshop consisting of a spinning mill and a weaving mill operated by three people. The workshop was located on Kaliska Street (today Piłsudskiego). In 1905, the company had expanded to employ a hundred and thirty weavers. The company quickly made a name for itself and became known throughout the

. After World War II, the company was nationalized and renamed the "Weltom". In the 1990s, the plant underwent a transformation into a joint-stock company. Today, in addition to carpets, the company produces upholstery and coconut wipers. The entire western district of the city (Rolandówka) has been named after the company's founders.

Food Industry

Fabryka PepsiCo w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim

Within Tomaszów's food and beverage sector

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produces the famous Cheetos crisps,

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produces croissants and Roldrob (Drosed) produces poultry products for customers such as KFC. Additionally, Las Vegas is a producer of energy drinks where the group also own the "Bulwary" shopping center in the city.

Logistics and Services Sector

Other companies in the region specializing in logistics and services are FM Logistic, serving

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and Makro Cash and Carry, and Syntom, a recycling company.

Sport

Speed skating

The sports venue Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki hosts main international

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competitions; including ISU Speed Skating World Cups. It is also an ice hockey venue.

Education

There are seven high schools in Tomaszów Mazowiecki as well as branches of notable universities including: * Branch of University of Łódź * Branch of Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom '' (pl)'' * Branch of ''Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Przedsiębiorczości'' in Ostrowiec '' (pl)''

Points of interest

In the city there is first in Poland year-round

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that serves for

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, short track and

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. It is located near Pilica River. During the occupation of Poland in World War II, several strategic bunkers were built by Nazi Germany near Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The construction of the two large air-raid shelters was started in early 1940. The so-called Konewka Bunkers (now a tourist attraction) were a complex of various concrete structures hidden in the woods, including an enormous long bunker capable of protecting an entire trainset from the possible air raid. The shelters in Konewka and in Jelen, built of reinforced concrete, served as unloading stations for military cargo.

Sulejowski Reservoir

Widok na Zalew Sulejowski od strony Tomaszowa Mazowieckiego

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and the city of Tomaszów Mazowiecki. The reservoir is situated on the territory of three

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s: Tomaszów, Piotrków and Wolbórz. It is a popular place for water sports, including windsurfing, canoeing and sailing.

Grottoes in Nagórzyce (district of Tomaszów)

In the south of the town there is an eighteenth-century quartz sand mine - The Nagórzyckie Grottoes (Polish: Groty Nagórzyckie). Today, an underground tourist route. At the entrance there is a pavilion with ticket desk, food vending machines and public toilets. They can be reached from the town center by a city bus or by an illuminated bicycle path.

Transport

The railway station in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, May 2019

Since 1929 in the city exist bus public transport. Now, this is 773 routes during weekdays and 375 at the weekend. Since 2018, public transport in the city is free of charge. Directly by train from Tomaszów it is possible to travel to:

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, Łodź,

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. Several national and regional routes cross each other in the city: * direction Suwałki –

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– Tomaszów Mazowiecki –

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–

Kudowa-Zdrój Kudowa-Zdrój (german: Bad Kudowa, cz, Chudoba), or simply Kudowa, is a town located below the Table Mountains in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in the southwestern part of Poland. It has a population of around 10,000 and is locat ...

* direction

Kozienice Kozienice (; yi, קאזשניץ ''Kozhnits''; german: Koschnitz) is a town in eastern Poland with 21,500 inhabitants (1995). Located four miles from the Vistula, it is the capital of Kozienice County. Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser ...

– Dęblin –

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* direction

– Tomaszów Mazowiecki – Januszewice near Opoczno

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Tomaszów Mazowiecki is twinned with: * Mionica, Serbia *

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, Italy *

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, Ukraine * Linares,

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* Polonezköy, Turkey

Polish Armed Forces

The 25th Air Cavalry Brigade is deployed in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Headquarters there are in the town and main barracks. Garnison

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in Tomaszów Mazowiecki has existed since 1918. At the north-eastern border of the town, by Expressway S8 there is the Brigade airport (Tomaszów Mazowiecki Airport).

Notable people

* Oskar Lange (born 1904), Polish economist * Bolesław Mołojec (born 1909), Polish communist activist, prominent commander in The International Brigades during War in Spain *

Michael Sela Michael Sela ( he, מיכאל סלע; Mieczysław Salomonowicz; 2 March 1924 – 27 May 2022) was an Israeli immunologist of Polish Jewish origin. He was the W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Reh ...

(born 1924), Israeli immunologist; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science * Tadeusz Chmielewski (1927–2016), Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer * Maria Ciach (born 1933), Polish javelin thrower * Moshe Dluznowsky (1903–1977), Polish-born Jewish-American journalist, publicist, writer * Heidi Knake-Werner (born 1943), German politician (Die Linke) * Bogusław Mec (born 1947), Polish singer * Wanda Panfil-González (born 1959), Polish long-distance runner * Jaromir Radke (born 1969), Polish speed skater *

Izabela Kuna Izabela Kuna (born 25 November 1970, Tomaszów Mazowiecki) is a Polish film, television and theatre actress as well as a blogger. Life and career She was born on 25 November 1970 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In 1989, she graduated from the Stefan Ż ...

(born 1970), Polish actress * Karolina Bosiek (born 2000), Polish speed skater * Mirosława Jastrzębska (1921–1982), curator of the Regional Museum in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Gallery

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Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu ...

), over Ujezdzka Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki File:Ice Arena Tomaszow Mazowiecki. First in Polnad.jpg, The Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki File:I LO im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim. Szkoła od lat odnotowywana wśród najlepszych polskich liceów w rankingu miesięcznika Perspektywy.jpg, The oldest secondary school ( AD 1903) Listed in the rank of the top 500 schools in Poland File:Przykład udanej adaptacji XIX-wiecznych budynków fabrycznych na galerię handlową w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim.jpg , The largest shopping center- "Galeria Tomaszów", former textile factory File:Galeria Tomaszów.jpg, The largest shopping center on the Wolbórka river - "Galeria Tomaszów" File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki. Komenda Policji. Po dekomunizacji ulicy Oskara Langego przy ulicy Wandy Panfil.jpg, Police station File:Tomaszów Mazowiecki, iluminacje na placu Kościuszki, maj 2018.jpg, Main square by night File:JKRUK 20110425 TOMASZOW MAZ KOSCIOL SW ANTONIEGO DSC02519.jpg, Parish church of St Anthony File:Zespół pałacowy załozycieli miasta - Ostrowskich w Tomaszowie z 1812 roku. Obecnie muzeum.jpg, The Ostrowski Palace, built in 1812. Now, regional museum. File:Tenement house of the Knothe family, Kościuszko Square 18, Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.jpg, The Knothe Family house. Now, children's library File:Pilica River in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (5AM, May 2019).jpg, Pilica River in Tomaszów File:Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Tomaszowie Mazowieckim. Neogotycki kościół z 1902 roku.jpg, Evangelical-Augsburg Church File:Wysoki na 100 metrów maszt TP Emitel przy Mościckiego w Tomaszowie. Obsługuje sieci komórkowe oraz TVP1.jpg, 100 meters high television mast in the telecommunications complex in the city center File:Special school at Majowa Street in Tomaszow Mazowiecki.jpg, Complex of

special schools Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

File:Jeden z trzech stadionów klubu sportowego Lechia.jpg, One of

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

s of city football club "Lechia 1923" File:Electric scooters, Warszawska Street in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland.jpg, Electric kick scooters on the street

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"NaszTomaszów.pl" - the most popular online newspaperRadio Fama Tomaszów MazowieckiTomaszów Mazowiecki TV (online)
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