Masovian district - Województwo mazowieckie

masovian district - a unit of the administrative division of Poland, the largest voivodeship in terms of area and population, located in the central and eastern part of the country.

Characteristic

Geography

Mazowieckie is located in the central-eastern part of Poland, in the immediate vicinity of 6 voivodeships: Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Podlasie, Lublin, Świętokrzyskie, Łódź and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It flows through the Masovian Voivodeship Vistula, the largest river in Poland. Apart from that, the Narew, Wkra, Pilica, Bug and Bzura regions, which are direct tributaries of the Vistula, flow through the Masovian Voivodeship.

Climate

The climate in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship is quite moderate.

History

Historically, the Mazowieckie Province existed in the years 1526-1795 and 1816-1837. The present Masovian Voivodeship was created in 1999 from several former voivodeships, namely: Łomża, Biała Podlaska, Skierniewice, Płock, Siedlce, Ciechanów, Radom, Warsaw and Ostrołęka.

Economy

Mazowieckie voivodship produces 21.6 percent. national GDP. There are over 627,000 people working in its area. companies (17 percent nationwide). The main sectors of the region's economy are trade, telecommunications, financial services, insurance, IT, automotive and petrochemical industries with the country's largest oil refinery in Płock.

Drive

By plane

Chopin International Airport in Warsaw is being expanded and has good connections with most parts of the world.

By rail

Regional transport is provided, among others, by Masovian Railways.

By car

By bus

By ship

Vistula tourist ships are sailing.

Regions

• Mazovia

Counties

• Białobrzegi district
• Ciechanów County
• Garwolin poviat
• Gostynin district
• Grodzisk poviat
• Grójec poviat
• Kozienice poviat
• Legionowo poviat
• Lipski County
• Łosicki County
• Maków district
• Minsk district
• Mława poviat
• Nowodworski poviat
• Ostrołęka poviat
• Ostrów County
• Otwock County
• Piaseczno poviat
• Płock poviat
• Płońsk district
• Pruszkowski poviat
• Przasnysz district
• Przysucha County
• Pułtusk district
• Radom County
• Siedlce poviat
• Sierpc poviat
• Sochaczew poviat
• Sokołów County
• Szydłowiec poviat
• Warsaw West District
• Węgrów poviat
• Wołomin County
• Wyszków County
• Zwoleń poviat
• Żuromin County
• Żyrardów poviat

Cities with poviat rights

• Warsaw
• Ostrołęka
• Siedlce
• Płock
• Radom

Interesting places

• Żelazowa Wola - the birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin
• Sanniki (Masovian Voivodeship) - famous from the stay of Fryderyk Chopin. The traditions of folk art are also known there
• Przysucha - Oskar Kolberg (1814-1890) was born here, a Renaissance man, a man of many talents. He saved Polish folk culture from oblivion. There is the only Kolberg Museum in Poland, located in the former Dembiński manor. It's worth a look here, because Kolberg was an extraordinary figure. The work "People: Its Customs, Way of Life, Speech, Fables, Sayings, Rituals, Spells, Games, Songs and Dances" are separate monographs devoted to various regions of the First Polish Republic. 33 volumes were published during the author's lifetime. In them he described and illustrated, inter alia, 12,000 songs, 1,250 passages, 670 fairy tales, 2,700 proverbs!
• Siedlce - a city with poviat rights in the east Poland located on the premises Mazowieckie voivodship between the rivers A flywheel and Helenka, in the South Podlasie.
• Hungarians - a city in the east of the voivodeship, along the former amber route.
• Liw - former city adjacent to Węgrów, famous for its castle.

Transport

Dense road and rail network.

Trip

Mazowieckie voivodship borders with six voivodships Polish (from north clockwise):

• Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship,
• Podlaskie voivodeship,
• Lublin province,
• Holy Cross province,
• voivodeship of Lodz,
• Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Worth seeing

• Masovian Landscape Park - 60 nature monuments have been established in the Park.
• Kampinoski National Park - west of Warsaw.
• German Nazi extermination camp Treblinka - in the north-east of the voivodeship. About 800-920 thousand were murdered in the complex of two camps. people.
• Castle of Masovian Dukes in Czersk - ruins of a castle from the 13th / 14th century in the commune of Góra Kalwaria.

It is worth a try

• Pierogi
• Omelette
• Flatbreads from Czersk

Tourist routes

• The Main Trail of the Kampinos Forest
• Kampinoski Bicycle Trail
• The Romanesque Trail in Poland
• Batory Trail
• Trail to them. Antoni Trębicki
• Trail to them. Jan Kochanowski
• Trail to them. Kazimierz W. Wójcicki
• Trail to them. Vitaliusz Demczuk
• Jagiellonian Trail

Gastronomy

Security

There are two emergency call centers in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, located in Warsaw and Radom, which handle emergency reports to emergency numbers 112, 997, 998 and 999. The voivodeship is generally safe, while in some places (especially in larger cities) at night caution is advised.