Zabieżki is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Celestynów
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Gmina Celestynów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Celestynów, which lies approximately south-east of Otwock and south-east of Warsaw ...
, within
Otwock County
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Otwock 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 1998. ...
,
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 south-east of
Celestynów, south-east of
Otwock
Otwock (Yiddish: אָטוואָצק) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland, some south-east of Warsaw, with 43,895 inhabitants (2024). Otwock is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. It is situated on the right bank of the ...
, and south-east 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 ...
History
From 1 June 1975 to 31 December 1998, the village of Zabieżki was an exclave of the
Warsaw Voivodeship, surrounded by the
Siedlce Voivodeship
Siedlce Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship. Its capital city was Siedlce.
Major cities and towns (population ...
.
[Lech Królikowski, Bolesław Orłowski: ''I Warszawę nie od razu zbudowano''. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo IHNOiT, 1993, p. 95. ISBN 9788390089188.]
References
Villages in Otwock County
Former exclaves
Former enclaves
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