Żelazna Brama, also designated as the Neighbourhood No. 3, is a municipal neighbourhood of the city 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 ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, located within the district of Śródmieście, and administered by a

neighbourhood council A neighborhood council (also known as a community league) is a governmental or non-governmental body, whose purpose is to promote citizen participation in local government.Martin Minogue, ''Documents on Contemporary British Government: Volume 2, L ...

. It is located within the City Information System area of

Śródmieście Północne Śródmieście (Polish, 'city centre' or 'downtown) may refer to the following places in Poland: * Śródmieście, Warsaw Śródmieście (), also anglicised as Downtown, is the central Districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, district of Warsaw, ...

Name

The name of the neighbourhood, ''Żelazna Brama'', which means ''Iron Gate'' in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

, comes from the Iron Gate, an entrance gate to the

Saxon Garden The Saxon Garden () is a 15.5–hectare public garden in central ('' Śródmieście'') Warsaw, Poland, facing Piłsudski Square. It is the oldest public park in the city. Founded in the late 17th century, it was opened to the public in 1727 as on ...

, which from 1735 to the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

(1939–1945), was a notable landmark in the area.Ryszard Mączewski, Jarosław Zieliński, Krzysztof Jaszczyński: ''Co bylo za Żelazną Bramą?''. In: ''Stolica''. no. 10 (2199), p. 6–18, October 2008. Warsaw: Ekbin. ISSN 0039-1689. (in Polish)

History

The municipal neighbourhood of Żelazna Brama was established on 10 March 2016.

Government

The neighbourhood government is divided into two organs, the

as the

legislative body A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers o ...

, and the neighbourhood management as the

executive body The executive branch is the part of government which executes or enforces the law. Function The scope of executive power varies greatly depending on the political context in which it emerges, and it can change over time in a given country. In ...

Location and administrative boundaries

The neighbourhood boundaries are determined by Solidarity Avenue to the north, Bank Square, and Marszałkowska Street to the east,

Jerusalem Avenue Jerusalem Avenue () is one of the principal streets of the capital city of Warsaw in Poland. It runs through the City Centre along the east–west axis, linking the western borough of Wola with the bridge on the Vistula River and the borough of ...

to the south, and Jana Pawła II Warsaw to the west. It is located within the City Information System area of

Citations

Notes

References

{{Neighbourhoods of Śródmieście, Warsaw Zelazna Brama Zelazna Brama Zelazna Brama Zelazna Brama