Rembertów

Rembertów (Polish pronunciation: [rɛmˈbɛrtuf]) is a district of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. 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.

For the village, see Rembertów, Masovian Voivodeship.
Rembertów
Warsaw District
Coat of arms
Location of Rembertów within Warsaw
Coordinates: 52°15′32″N 21°9′40″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
County/CityWarsaw
Government
 • MayorAgnieszka Kądeja
Area
 • Total19.30 km2 (7.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total24,328[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+48 22
Websiterembertow.waw.pl

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.

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
  • Kawęczyn
  • Nowy Rembertów
  • Stary Rembertów
  • Warsaw Rembertow Railway station
  • Warsaw Rembertow Railway station
  • A monument to the victims of the NKVD Soviet terror
  • Polish cadet academy, now the Library (pre-1945)
  • Żołnierska Street
  • View of Kawęczyn-Wygoda borough
  • The Monument to Victims of Nazism

See also

References
  1. "Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2019 roku. Tabl. 21 Powierzchnia, ludność oraz lokaty według gmi". stat.gov.pl. Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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