Borków is a

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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 ...

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, within the 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 ...

. It is a part of the municipal neighbourhood and the City Information System area of Radość. It is a residential area of single-family housing.
Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta stołecznego Warszawy ze zmianami
'. Warsaw: Warsaw City Council, 1 March 2018, pp. 10–14. (in Polish)

History

Borków was founded in the 15th century, as a small farming community.Henryk Wierzchowski: ''Zerzeń i jego historia''. Warsaw: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Warszawy − Oddział Grochów, 1999, ISBN 83-911202-0-2. (in Polish) In 1918, at the current Mrówcza Street, was opened the Borków Warszawski railway station. It was part of the Jabłonna Railroad

narrow-gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curv ...

line. The station was closed in 1951. On 14 May 1951, Borków was incorporated into the city of

. In 2004, the district of

was subdivided into the areas of the City Information System, with Borków becoming part of the area of Radość.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borkow, Warsaw Neighbourhoods of Wawer Populated places established in the 15th century Former villages in Poland