Sulejówek is a town in

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, about east of

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city centre and part of its metropolitan area. It is located in

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, in Mińsk County. Its population numbers 19323 (2011). The town is well known in Poland as the place where Józef Piłsudski lived in the years between 1923 and 1926. The former manor houses the and is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.

History

The oldest known mention of the settlement comes from 1526. Sulejówek was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Warsaw County in the

in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1815, Sulejówek fell to the Russian Partition of Poland. Polish insurgents operated in the area during the January Uprising of 1863–1864. On August 8, 1863, the settlement of Miłosna (present-day district of Sulejówek) was attacked by Cossacks, but the surprised local Polish insurgent unit managed to escape. In revenge, the Cossacks attacked and robbed the local post office, wounded and captured the postmen, taking them to Warsaw. Another clash between the insurgents and the Russians took place in Miłosna on January 25, 1864. Following

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, in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of Sulejówek. In August 1920, during the Battle of Warsaw, the first line of Polish defense against the Russian invaders passed through Sulejówek, however, there was no direct fighting in this sector (see:

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). In 1919, Polish composer and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski and his wife Helena Paderewska bought a villa ("Białynia") in Sulejówek and established an Educational Institute, which was financially supported by Marshal of Poland Józef Piłsudski. Piłsudski himself lived in another house ("Milusin") in Sulejówek in 1923–1926. It currently houses a museum dedicated to him, and is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland. Jędrzej Moraczewski, second

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of interwar Poland, also lived in Sulejówek, in the "Siedziba" Manor House. During the German

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which started

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, on September 15, 1939, the Germans committed two massacres of

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in Sulejówek and the present-day district of Długa Szlachecka, killing over 50 and 42 people respectively (see '' Nazi crimes against the Polish nation''). Six Polish officers from Sulejówek were murdered by the Russians in the large Katyn massacre in April–May 1940.

Sports

The local

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club is Victoria Sulejówek. It competes in the lower leagues.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sulejówek is twinned with: * Viimsi Parish, Estonia

References

External links

Official town webpageSatellite photo from Google MapsMap from mapa.szukacz.pl

Jewish Community in Sulejówek
on Virtual Shtetl {{Authority control Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Mińsk County Sites of Nazi war crimes during the Invasion of Poland