Dąbrówka is a municipal neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in

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

Ursynów Ursynów () is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It has an area of 43.79 km2 (16.88 sq mi), and in 2023, it was inhabited by 149,775 people, making it the 5th most populous and 3rd largest district of the city. Located in its western ...

. It is a residential area, consisting of single-family housing. The oldest known records of Dąbrówka come from 1422, when it was a small farming community. In 1898, in there were opened the Warszawa Dąbrówka Wąskotorowa

narrow-gauge railway 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 cur ...

station operated by the Grójec Commuter Railway, and Stanisław Rostkowski's brick factory In the 1910s, in the area Rostkowski also founded a small settlement for his employees. Dąbrówka was incorporated into Warsaw in 1951.

History

The oldest known records of Dąbrówka come from 1422, when it was a farming community, and a village inhabited by the

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.Adam Wolff, Kazimierz Pacuski: ''Słownik historyczno-geograficzny Ziemi Warszawskiej w średniowieczu''. Warsaw: Instytut Historii PAN, 2013, p. 49. ISBN 978-83-63352-17-2. (in Polish)Adolf Pawiński: ''Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym''. vol. 5: ''Mazowsze'', Warsaw, 1895, p. 273. (in Polish) In 1898, there was opened the Warszawa Dąbrówka Wąskotorowa

station operated by the Grójec Commuter Railway. It was part of the

railway line Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...

between stations of Warszawa Mokotów and Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą. The station operated until 31 July 1971. It was located at Puławska Street, near current crossing with Jagielska Street. On 24 June 1898, businessperson Stanisław Rostkowski opened a brick factory in Dąbrówka, which used nearby railway to export its products. In the 1910s, in the area Rostkowski also founded a small settlement for his employees, and a small primary school. The brickworks industry left behind numerous

clay pit A clay pit is a quarry or Mining, mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. Quarries where clay is mined to make bricks are sometimes called brick pits. A brickyard or brickwor ...

s in the area, where were flooded, forming ponds, including: Głęboki Staw, Krzewiny, Glinianki pod Lasem, and

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.Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): ''Encyklopedia Warszawy, Warszawa'': Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 212, ISBN 83-01-08836-2. On 14 May 1951, Dąbrówka was incorporated into the city of

. In 1996 was established the municipal neighbourhood of Dąbrówka, as a subdivision of the

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of Warsaw-Ursynów, which was replaced by the city district of

in 2002. The neighbourhood status was reconfirmed in 2013. It is governed by an elected

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. In 1998, the district of Ursynów was subdivided into the areas of the City Information System, with Dąbrówka being one of them, with the same boundaries as the municipal neighbourhood.

Characteristics

Dąbrówka is a municipal neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, located in the central south portion of the district of

. It has total area of 1.74 km² (0.672 sq mi), and is governed by a

, consisting of 9 elected officials. It is a residential area consisting 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) In Dąbrówka are located several manmade lakes, those being: Głęboki Staw, Glinianki pod Lasem, Krzewiny, and

Location and administrative boundaries

Pyry is a municipal neighbourhood, and a City Information System area in Warsaw, located within the south-central portion of the district of

. To the north, its boundary is determined by the Baletowa Street, Puławska Street, Puławskska Street, and the parcels adjusted to the southern part of Tukana Street; to the north-east, by Kabaty Woods Nature Reserve; to the south by Kuropatwy Street, and the district border; and to the west, by Puławska Street, Karczunkowska Street, Sarabandy Street, Klarnecistów Street, and Farbiarska Street. The City Information System area borders Jeziorki Północne to the northwest, Pyry to the north, the Kabaty Woods Nature Reserve to the east, municipalities of Lesznowola,

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, and

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to the south, and Jeziorki Południowe to the south. The municipal neighbourhood of Dąbrówka additionally borders neighbourhoods of Pyry, and Jeziorki.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabrowka, Warsaw Neighbourhoods of Ursynów Former villages in Poland Populated places established in the 15th century Populated places established in 1996 1996 establishments in Poland Suburbs in Poland