Legionowo County ( Polish : powiat legionowski ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat ) in Masovian Voivodeship , east-central Poland . It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Legionowo , which lies 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Warsaw . The only other town in the county is Serock , lying 17 km (11 mi) north-east of Legionowo.
6-756: Beniaminów [bɛɲaˈminuf] is a village in central Poland, administratively located in the Legionowo County in the Masovian Voivodeship . It is located east of Warsaw , between Legionowo and Nieporęt within the Warsaw metropolitan area . Within the village are remnants of a 19th-century fort. During World War I , in 1917, after the Oath Crisis , members of the Polish Legions who had refused to swear an oath of loyalty to
12-474: Is 106,321, out of which the population of Legionowo is 54,049, that of Serock is 4,506, and the rural population is 47,766. Legionowo is part of the greater Warsaw area and has a large commuter population. The train connection takes about 30 mins to central Warsaw (connection to Warsaw Metro at Warszawa Gdańska station ) and is planned to be added to the Warsaw Rapid Train system by 2010. Both
18-699: The German Emperor were interned there by the German occupiers. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland , which started World War II in September 1939, Beniaminów was occupied by Germany . In 1942, the German Wehrmacht ran the Stalag 368 prisoner-of-war camp for Soviet POWs , notably many of non-Russian origin, e.g. Georgians , Belarusians , Uzbeks , in the village. In 1943,
24-749: The Germans relocated the Stalag 333 POW camp from Komorowo to Beniaminów. It housed Italian and Soviet POWs. More than 30,000 POWs died from harsh treatment and malnutrition. In January 1944, it was converted into the Oflag 73 POW camp for Italian, Soviet, Romanian and Polish officers. Among the Poles was General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski . This Legionowo County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Legionowo County The county covers an area of 389.86 square kilometres (150.5 sq mi). As of 2019, its total population
30-543: The road and the train connection pass through the national reserve forest which separates Legionowo from Warsaw and is a favorite weekend walk and biking destination. On the opposite side of Legionowo is the Zegrze Reservoir , created in 1970 with the building of a river dam, now a popular leisure destination. The village of Jabłonna , between Legionowo and Warsaw, housed the largest population of private production and greenhouse businesses in communist times, making
36-505: The village the richest in Poland at that time and continuing to this day in the form of a thriving business community. Legionowo is also famous throughout Poland for its police training college. Legionowo County is bordered by Pułtusk County to the north, Wyszków County and Wołomin County to the east, the city of Warsaw and Warsaw West County to the south, and Nowy Dwór County to
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