Grójec poviat - Powiat grójecki

	Grójec poviat;
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Country	Poland
Region	masovian district
Surface	1268.82 km²
Population	98 551
Area code	24
Postal Code	05-600
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Grójec poviat

Grójec poviat - poviat in Poland (in the western part of Mazowieckie voivodship), created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is in the city GrójecThe poviat covers an area of 1268.82 km², the total population is 98 551 people, and the population density is 77.7 people per 1 km².

Pilica near Tomczyce

Tomczyce, the palace

Michałowice, the church

Dylew, the Jackowski manor

Hawk, granary

Office in Mogielnica

Characteristic

Geographical coordinates of the district capital: 51 ° 51′56 ″ N 20 ° 52′03 ″ E

The poviat consists of:

urban-rural communes: Grójec, Mogielnica, New Town on the Pilica river, Warka
rural communes: Belsk Duży, Mistakes, Chynow, Goszczyn, Jasieniec, Pniewy
cities: Grójec, Mogielnica, New Town on the Pilica river, Warka.

Demography

33,164 people live in cities (including 17,281 women), so the county's urbanization is 35.2%.

Geography

The Grójec poviat is located on the border of Wysoczyzna Rawska and Plain Warszawska (Lowland Mazowiecka), 45 km south of Of Warsaw. The area of the poviat is made up of lowlands with large height differences.

The Grójec poviat borders with 8 poviats of the Mazowieckie voivodship: Przysuski, Białobrzegi, Kozienice, Garwolin, Otwock, Piaseczyński, Grodzisk, Żyrardów and 3 poviats of the Lodz voivodeship: Opoczyński, Rawa and Tomaszów (Łódź Province).

The natural administrative boundaries are marked from the east by the river Vistulaand the river to the south Pilica (the remaining boundaries are artificial boundaries). The main water network is formed by the Pilica and Jeziorka rivers with tributaries.

fauna and Flora

The "Modrzewina" nature reserve - located in the central part of the commune, of a forest nature. It was established in order to preserve the position of the Polish larch in the area of the natural spread of this species. It covers over 300 hectares of land
Protected Landscape Area "Dolina Jeziorki" - covers the north-western part of the commune. The area is characterized by great natural and landscape values, which include: a unique forest ecosystem with a dominant Polish larch under protection, varied relief, mosaic of fields, orchards, meadows and trees
Landscape complex on the border of the villages of Jasieniec and Warpęsy in the valley of the Kraska River, including parks, forests, ponds and meadows
The Boglewicki Forest with a valuable pine and oak stand
Nature reserve "Łęgacz nad Jeziorek"
"Jeziora-Olszyny" nature reserve
Some monuments of animate nature:

- in the historic park in Mała Wieś - 3 objects: 160-year-old plane tree, white poplar and juniper.

- in the "Modrzewina" nature reserve, English oaks and larches.

History

Until the middle of the thirteenth century, Grójec performed supreme functions in the state (castellan stronghold) and church (collegiate) organization and did not lose this position even after the center of power was moved to Czersk. From the 14th century until the fall of Poland at the end of the 18th century, Grójec was the seat of the Grójec poviat, which was part of the Czersk land, as were the poviats of Warka, Czerski and Garwolin (from the 16th to the 17th century, the Czersk land belonged to the Masovian Voivodeship). The fall of Poland at the end of the 18th century and the partitions determined the further history of the local and regional community of Grójec. In administrative terms, the modern Grójec County was established in 1867 as part of the Warsaw Governorate (with an area of 979 km² with 46 812 inhabitants). After Poland gained independence, in the interwar period (1918-1939), the poviat was part of the Warsaw Province as it was during the times of the First Polish Republic (with an area of 1699 km² with 127 058 inhabitants). During World War II, the Grójec County, within the same boundaries, was within the General Government of the Warsaw District. After World War II, the Grójec County was re-established until 1975, when the counties in Poland were liquidated. Most of the communes of the former Grójec poviat were included in the then created Radom voivodeship. On January 1, 1999, after the administrative reform, Grójec became part of the Mazowieckie Province with its seat in Warsaw.

Significant families had their seats in the Grójec region, incl. Lubomirscy, Prażmowscy and Kozietulscy.

Many famous artists come from here, incl. Piotr Skarga (died 1612) royal preacher and religious and political writer, author of "Sejm Sermons", Adam Boniecki (died 1909) - author and publisher of "Herbarz Polski". Kazimierz Pułaski (died 1779) - the hero of Poland and the United States, Piotr Wysocki (died 1874) - the hero of the November night of 1830, or Józef Wybicki - the author of the national anthem.

Economy

Poland is the third largest producer of apples in the world after China and the USA, and the Grójec poviat located in the center of the largest compact orchard area in the country and in Europe is the most important Polish region for growing and processing this fruit. Currently, intensive dwarf orchards are cultivated in the region of Grójec, which provide approx. 40% of the domestic apple production, and the intensity of cultivation in some communes of the Grójec poviat reaches 70%.

Drive

Convenient location at the intersection of the most important road arteries and railway lines of the country means that the Grójec poviat (like the entire Mazowieckie voivodship) has a well-developed communication network.

By plane

Approx. 4 km east of the poviat capital, it functions Grójec-Kociszew landing field.

By rail

By car

The national road No. 7 intersects in Grójec Gdansk – Warsaw – Cracow (E 77 - S 7), which is the western bypass of the city and the national road No. 50, which is part of the transit ring road of Warsaw, here also the provincial roads: 722 to Piaseczno and 728 to Jędrzejów.

By bus

Grójecki PKS supports long-distance routes (to Muszyna and Władysławowa) and local - to Warsaw, Białobrzegów, Radom, Kalwaria Mountains, Warki, Biała Rawska, New Town on the Pilica river, Mszczonowa and others.

Regions

Interesting places

Museum of Casimir Pulaski in Warka
The Landscape Park in Warka in Winiary, established in the second half of the Eighteenth century and transformed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It stretches on the escarpment and slopes above the Pilica, surrounding the Manor House in Winiary - today the Kazimierz Pulaski Museum
Nature reserves "Tomczyce" and "Sokół"
Protected landscape area of the Pilica valley
Historical palace in Świdno from the mid-19th century
The Manor and Palace Complex in Tomczyce, built in the 19th century in the late Classicist style, surrounded by a park
The Manor and Palace Complex in Wodziczka from the mid-19th century.
The Manor and Palace Complex in Dylewo, currently owned by Anna and Marek Drewnowski, where musical meetings take place
The attraction of the Mogielnica commune is a unique park with sculptures and a studio of outstanding sculptors - the married couple Franciszek Strynkiewicz and Barbara Bieniulis - Strynkiewicz. Born in Mogielnica, the artist, professor of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, in the second half of the 1960s, he and his wife settled in Mogielnica and founded a museum of outdoor sculpture
Synagogue in Grójec - built at the beginning of the 20th century at Lewiczyńska Street. During World War II, the Nazis devastated it. After the war, the synagogue building was used as a warehouse, and now as a grocery store and a playroom. Until 1939, the synagogue building was adjacent to the larch ("old") synagogue, which was pulled down at the beginning of the war.