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Old Mokotow () is a
neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...
of the
Mokotów Mokotów () is a district of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (''Służewiec Przemysłowy''), while the majori ...
district in
Warsaw, Poland Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a grea ...
. It is located in the north-western part of the Mokotów district on the characteristic
Vistula The Vistula (; ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra i ...
embankment. Largely a residential neighborhood, Stary Mokotów is home to several embassies and historic parks. The original name "Mokotowo" most likely comes from the name of the Prussian owner of the village and appears for the first time in documents in 1367. Although the area has been populated at least since the early
Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
, it was not until early 1916 when Old Mokotow, with many other Warsaw suburbs, was incorporated into the city area. Old Mokotow incorporates two
metro Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high ...
stations - Racławicka and
Pole Mokotowskie Pole or poles may refer to: People *Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland *Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name *Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist *S ...
.


Notable places

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Mokotów Field Mokotów Field () is a large park in Warsaw, Poland. Located between Warsaw's Mokotów district and the city center, the park is one of the largest in Warsaw. Only a small part of the modern ''Pole Mokotowskie'' is located in the Mokotów distri ...
* SGH Warsaw School of Economics Campus * New Theatre (Nowy Teatr) * Iluzjon Cinema *
Mokotów Prison Mokotów Prison (, also known as ''Rakowiecka Prison'') is a prison in Warsaw's borough of Mokotów, Poland, located at 37 Rakowiecka Street. It was built by the Russians in the final years of the foreign Partitions of Poland. During the Nazi Ge ...
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KS Warszawianka Klub Sportowy Warszawianka is a Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. It has several sections, including handball, track and field, fencing and tennis, and in the past it had several more, including a Association football, football team which comp ...
* Morskie Oko Park * Szuster Palace


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Mokotow Neighbourhoods of Mokotów Populated places established in the 14th century