Rembertów () is a
district
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of the city of
Warsaw
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, the capital of
Poland
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. Between 1939 and 1957 Rembertów was a separate town, after which it was incorporated as part of the borough of
Praga-Południe. Between 1994 and 2002 it formed a separate
commune of ''Warszawa-Rembertów''. In the 1940s it was a site of a prison operated first by Nazis and then by Soviets.
The borough of Rembertów covers 19.30 km² and as of 2004 had 21,893 inhabitants. It is sparsely populated; more than 30% of the borough is covered by forests. Parts of it form the
Kawęczyn Forest Reserve.
During the
Russian Poland
Congress Poland or Congress Kingdom of Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish people, Polish State (polity), state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of ...
period, there was a Russian artillery presence in the area. In 1899, military maneuvers took place to practice shooting down
balloons and defending fortified cities.
Rembertów is home to the
Academy of National Defence, established in 1947 as the Academy of General Staff (''Akademia Sztabu Głównego''). It is here that military executions were carried out under the communist regime. From 1970 to 1988 three soldiers were shot by firing squad for murder with rape.
Neighbourhoods within the district
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Kawęczyn
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Nowy Rembertów
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Stary Rembertów
Photo gallery
File:Urząd Dzielnicy Rembertów.jpg, Rembertów Town Hall
File:Akademia Sztuki Wojennej.jpg, War Studies Academy
File:Stacja Warszawa Rembertów.jpg, Warsaw Rembertow Railway station
File:Aleja gen. Antoniego Chruściela Montera w Warszawie 2.jpg, Antoniego Chruściela "Montera" Avenue, one of the main streets
File:Rondo gen. A.E. Fieldorfa w Warszawie.jpg, Fieldorfa Roundabout
File:Rezerwat przyrody Kawęczyn 2018e.jpg, Kawęczyn natural reserve
File:Rembertów widziany z komina Ciepłowni Kawęczyn.jpg, Kawęczyn natural reserve
File:Lasy Rembertowskie.jpg, Okuniew-Remembertów Forests
See also
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Attack on the NKVD Camp in Rembertów
References
External links
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Jewish Community in Rembertówat
Virtual Shtetl
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Populated places established in the 19th century
2002 establishments in Poland
Populated places established in 2002
States and territories established in 2002
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