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Molendy
Village
CountryPoland Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
Powiat Kozienice
GminaGarbatka-Letnisko
SołectwoMolendy
Established18th century
Government
 • WójtTadeusz Molenda
Population
 (2003)
225
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26-930
Phone area code(s)
(within Poland)		48 xxx xx xx
Car plate(s)WKZ

Molendy [mɔˈlɛndɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Garbatka-Letnisko, within Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Garbatka-Letnisko, 9 km (6 mi) south of Kozienice, and 89 km (55 mi) south-east of Warsaw.

History

Village was founded at the end of the 18th century with a combination of rural Krępce and Wola Józefowska.

On April 7, 1944 BCH and AK troops under the command of "Thomas" and "Gryf, in a village surrounded by prevailing German forces, began fierce battle to exit the lap. It was the biggest partisan battle in the whole circumference in Kozienice County during World War II. On July 22, 1944 the Nazis murdered 10 men in the village.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


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