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Legionowo is a city in Masovia, east-central Poland. According to the 2004 Census estimate the town has a total population of 50,759.
History
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- Legionowo's history dates back to 1877, when Jabłonna Nowa (New Jabłonna) rail station was built. The name comes from Jabłonna, the nearby village, where in 1774-1779 Bishop Michał Poniatowski (brother of Poland's last king, Stanisław Poniatowski) built his palace Jabłonna Palace - now owned by the Polish Academy of Sciences.
- In 1892, the Russian army barracks (koszary carskie) were built near the railroad station and a local garrison of the Russian army was stationed there, as a part of Warsaw Stronghold Region, until the beginning of World War I, when this region was occupied by the German troops.
- In 1912, Legionowo is given a city rights.
- In 1919, Jabłonna Nowa was renamed as Legionowo to honour Polish Legions (Legiony Polskie).
- Ca. 1920 Institute of Aerology (currently Aerology Centre within Institute of Meteorology and Water Administration) was opened.
- During the Battle for Warsaw in August 1920, from barracks in Legionowo, General Żeligowski led the 10th Infantry Division to Radzymin, which helped to save Warsaw from the Red Army.
- In 1922, the Aviotex balloon and parachute factory, which also produced tents and other camping equipment (e.g. sleeping bags), opened in Legionowo.
- After 1925, Legionowo became a summer resort for inhabitants of Warsaw, as by that time, it was a wooded and unpolluted area.
- Between World War I and World War II, narrow-gauge railroad line connected Legionowo with Warsaw, going through Jabłonna.
- In 1930, Legionowo became a commune.
- During World War II, a ward of Stalag 368 (a prison camp for lower officers and soldiers) in Beniaminowo and a ghetto were located in Legionowo.
- During World War II, in 1944, Legionowo took part in Warsaw uprising, as so-called District 7: Collar. During the first week of August 1944, Legionowo was a place of regular fights between German troops and Polish rebels. After a week or so, Germans put down the uprising and several Poles were executed in one of the military shelters near the railroad line.
- After World War II, there was a brick factory, now non-existent.
- In the 1950s, the standard-gauge railroad line was electrified.
- In the late 1960s, a narrow-gauge railroad line was closed and in the early 1970s, the tracks were removed. The terminus and depot buildings remain, currently in private use.
- In the 1960s, the first 4-storey blocks of flats were built. In the 1970s and 1980s, three large groups of flats (4-storey and 11-storey) were built.
- In 1977, a tinware factory "Bistyp" was opened.
- In the early 1980s, a house factory was built near Legionowo, which made prefabricated elements for blocks of flats built in the region. The factory is now closed.
- In August 1990, the Police Training Centre, one of two such institutions in Poland, was opened.
- After the big flood in southern parts of Poland in 1997, the Aerology Institute was equipped with Doppler meteorological radar, able to scan about a fifth of Poland's area for storm and rain clouds. It is now part of SMOK (The Hydrological and Meteorological Monitoring Forecasting and Protection System, Polish: System Monitoringu i Osłony Kraju).
- In 2012, Legionowo hosted the Greek football team during the Euro 2012 football competition.
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