Komorów, Pruszków County
Appearance
Komorów | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°8′40″N 20°48′55″E / 52.14444°N 20.81528°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Masovian |
County | Pruszków |
Gmina | Michałowice |
Population | 4,570[1] |
Komorów [kɔˈmɔruf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Michałowice, within Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Pruszków and 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Warsaw.
The village was founded in 1424. The name comes from the Slavic name Komor. It has its own suburban light railway station (Komorów) (Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa).
Since 1923, on the initiative of the owner of the surrounding land - Józef Markowicz, Komorów was becoming a modern summer resort settlement, created on the model of the Garden city movement.
In 1956, novelist Maria Dąbrowska settled in Komorów. Her residence currently houses a local library.
Notable residents
[edit]- Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), novelist, essayist and journalist
- Magda Gessler (born 1953), television personality, celebrity chef, restaurateur and painter
- Wojciech Młynarski (1941-2017), poet, singer, songwriter, translator and director
- Maja Komorowska (born 1937), theater and film actress, professor of theater arts
- Jerzy Kalina (born 1944), set designer and visual artist, creator of theatrical and film sets, stained glass, animated films and documentaries, creator of installations, performer
References
[edit]- ^ "Komorów, Pruszków County". Polska w liczbach. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.