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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Żyrardów (urban gmina)

Town rights
  
1916

Area
  
14.35 km²

Voivodeship
  
Masovian Voivodeship

County
  
Żyrardów County

Established
  
1830

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
41,161 (2006)

Local time
  
Monday 3:08 AM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 85% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Zalew Żyrardowski, Park Dittricha, Muzeum Mazowsza Zachodni, Plac Jana Pawła II

Żyrardów [ʐɨˈrarduf] is a town in central Poland with 41,400 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999); previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodship (1975–1998) 45 kilometres (28 miles) west of Warsaw. It is the capital of Żyrardów County. Żyrardów is located on the Pisia Gągolina river.

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Education

  • Szkoła Mistrzostwa Sportowego w Kolarstwie
  • Wyższa Szkoła Rozwoju Lokalnego
  • Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Żeromskiego
  • Zespół Szkół Piblicznych nr. 7 im. Henryka Sienkiewicza w Żyrardowie

    • History

    Founded by the Łubieński brothers as a textile factory in 1833. One of directors of the factory was French inventor Philippe de Girard (from Lourmarin). The town developed during the 19th century into a significant textile mill town in Poland. In honour of Girard, Ruda Guzowska was renamed to Żyrardów, a toponym derived of the polonised spelling of Girard's name. On September 13, 1939 Germany captured the town. In 1941 they transported Jews into Warsaw ghetto. The town museum is nowadays located in the former palace of owner of factory K. Dittrich.

    A sign near the entrance to the town states that it was the only city in Europe, entirely set up for a factory (jedyna w Europie osada fabryczna).

    The town was named one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated January 17, 2012. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.

    Monuments

    Most of Żyrardów's monuments are located in the manufacturing area which dates from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is widely believed that Żyrardów's textile settlement is the only whole urban industrial 19th-century complex to be preserved in Europe.

    Famous people

  • Feliks Lubienski, landowner who gave the estate and his blessing to his sons to build the very first textile factory
  • Feliks Sobański, philanthropist who donated land for the church
  • Paweł Hulka-Laskowski, a writer, translator and social activist
  • Former Prime Minister Leszek Miller (born in Żyrardów on July 3, 1946), started his professional life as electrician in a local textile factory

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Żyrardów is twinned with:

  • Tangshan, China
  • Delchevo, Republic of Macedonia
  • Lourmarin, France
  • Siero, Spain

    • References

    Żyrardów Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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