Serock

Serock
Serock
	Town hall
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Serock
	Coordinates: 52°30′47″N 21°4′10″E / 52.51306°N 21.06944°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Legionowo
Gmina	Serock
Established	11th century
Town rights	1417, 1923
	Government
• Mayor	Sylwester Edwin Sokolnicki
	Area
• Total	12.48 km2 (4.82 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
	Population (2006)
• Total	3,721
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	05-140
Area code(s)	+48 22
Car plates	WL
Website	http://www.serock.pl

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For other places with the same name, see Serock (disambiguation).

Serock [ˈsɛrɔt͡sk] is a town at the north bank of the Zegrze lake in the Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,616 inhabitants (2004).

Serock has existed as a fortified Masovian settlement since at least 1065. It was granted city rights in 1417 and again in 1923.

The market in Serock
The church in Serock
The church in Serock
Interior of the church
Jubilee Bell (AD 2000)

[edit] Jews in Serock

Before World War II, there was a significant Jewish population in Serock. Today there are no Jews. In the summer of 2000, a visiting descendant of former residents, discovered that a number of gravestones (Matzevot) were piled up in the city park [1]. The stones had been gathered by a local non-Jewish resident who also roped off the area. In 2006, a visit by members of the Jewish Records Indexing-Poland project confirmed the situation and now an attempt is being made to restore or at least establish a memorial on the site of the former Jewish cemetery. The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad [2] is involved under the guidance of The Honorable Lee R. Seeman.