Magdalenka is a
village
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in the administrative district of
Gmina Lesznowola
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Gmina Lesznowola is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Lesznowola, which lies approximately north-west of Piaseczno and south of Warsaw. ...
, within
Piaseczno County
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Piaseczno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 19 ...
,
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 ...
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of
Lesznowola, north-west of
Piaseczno
Piaseczno () is a town in east-central Poland with 47,660 inhabitants. It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, within the Warsaw metropolitan area, just south of Warsaw, approximately south of its center. It is a residential area and a suburb ...
, and south-west 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 ...
.
It was also the site of a bloody conflict between Polish Special Forces,
BOA
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Snakes
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** Any member of the Boinae, a subfamily of boid snakes
*** Any member of ''Boa'' (genus), a group of boid snakes
* ...
, and two heavily armed
mafia combatants in 2003. It resulted in two police officers being killed and seventeen wounded.
The mafia combatants used homemade mines and explosives, while they also had at least twenty eight weapons - from handguns to rifles.
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References
Villages in Piaseczno County
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