Legionowo

Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Techniczna

  History

• Legionowo's history dates back to 1877, when Jabłonna Nowa rail station was built. The name comes from Jabłonna, the nearby village, where in 1774-1779 Bishop Michał Poniatowski built his palace Jabłonna Palace - now owned by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
• In 1892, the Russian army barracks were built near the railroad station and a local garrison of the Russian army was stationed there, as a part of Warsaw Stronghold Region, until the beginning of World War I, when this region was occupied by the German troops.
• In 1912, Legionowo is given a city rights.
• In 1919, Jabłonna Nowa was renamed as Legionowo to honour Polish Legions.
• Ca. 1920 Institute of Aerology was opened.
• During the Battle for Warsaw in August 1920, from barracks in Legionowo, General Żeligowski led the 10th Infantry Division to Radzymin, which helped to save Warsaw from the Red Army.
• In 1922, the Aviotex balloon and parachute factory, which also produced tents and other camping equipment, opened in Legionowo.
• After 1925, Legionowo became a summer resort for inhabitants of Warsaw, as by that time, it was a wooded and unpolluted area.
• Between World War I and World War II, narrow-gauge railroad line connected Legionowo with Warsaw, going through Jabłonna.
• In 1930, Legionowo became a commune.
• During World War II, a ward of Stalag 368 in Beniaminowo and a ghetto were located in Legionowo.
• During World War II, in 1944, Legionowo took part in Warsaw uprising, as so-called District 7: Collar. During the first week of August 1944, Legionowo was a place of regular fights between German troops and Polish rebels. After a week or so, Germans put down the uprising and several Poles were executed in one of the military shelters near the railroad line.
• After World War II, there was a brick factory, now non-existent.
• In the 1950s, the standard-gauge railroad line was electrified.
• In the late 1960s, a narrow-gauge railroad line was closed and in the early 1970s, the tracks were removed. The terminus and depot buildings remain, currently in private use.
• In the 1960s, the first 4-storey blocks of flats were built. In the 1970s and 1980s, three large groups of flats were built.
• In 1977, a tinware factory "Bistyp" was opened.
• In the early 1980s, a house factory was built near Legionowo, which made prefabricated elements for blocks of flats built in the region. The factory is now closed.
• In August 1990, the Police Training Centre, one of two such institutions in Poland, was opened.
• After the big flood in southern parts of Poland in 1997, the Aerology Institute was equipped with Doppler meteorological radar, able to scan about a fifth of Poland's area for storm and rain clouds. It is now part of SMOK.
• In 2012, Legionowo hosted the Greek football team during the Euro 2012 football competition.

  Railway station

Sport

Notable residents and natives

• Wojciech Lemański - a suspended Roman Catholic priest
• Ola Jordan - Ballroom Dancer

  International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

• Kovel, Ukraine
• Sevlievo, Bulgaria
• Rzhev, Russia
• Jiujiang, China

  Sightseeing

• Russian army barracks, made of red Russian bricks
• Wooden summer resort houses, nowadays some of them located in the centre of Legionowo
• St. Joseph's Church built in 1945
• Holy Spirit Church built in years 1979-1985 in place of an old wooden one.