Zbarż is a locality within the borough of

Włochy Włochy () is one of the districts of Warsaw, located in the south-western part of city. Włochy borders districts Bemowo and Wola from the north, Ochota and Mokotów from the east, and Ursus and Ursynów from the south. It is one of 3 neigh ...

and a former village. It was established some time in 13th or 14th century. Granted with Magdeburg Law by Prince

Bolesław IV of Warsaw Bolesław IV of Warsaw (; – 10 September 1454), was a Polish prince and member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch. He was Duke of Warsaw during 1429–1454 (under regency until 1436) and sovereign Duke of Podlachia in 1440–1444. H ...

, it was home to the Zbarski family until 1528, when Mazovia was annexed by Poland and the village was taken over by Babicki family. Approximately a century later they sold the village to

Jakub Hieronim Rozdrażewski Jakub is a masculine given name. It is the Polish, Belarusian, Czech, and Slovak form of the name Jacob.Jakub at beh ...

, the

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

Inowrocław Inowrocław (; , ) is a city in central Poland with a total population of 68,101 (as of December 2022). It is situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is one of the largest and most historically significant cities within the historic re ...

. The village practically ceased to exist after 1886, when Russian authorities built one of the forts of the

Warsaw Fortress Warsaw Fortress (, ) was a system of fortifications built in Warsaw, Poland during the 19th century when the city was part of the Russian Empire. The fortress belonged to a Western Russian fortresses, chain of fortresses built in Congress Poland an ...

( Fort VII Zbarż). In 1938 parts of the former village were joined with the city of Warsaw, the rest was incorporated in 1951. A small pond, Staw Zbarski is located in Zbarż.

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Neighbourhoods of Włochy {{warsaw-geo-stub