Cegłów, Mińsk County

52°8′45″N 21°44′8″E / 52.14583°N 21.73556°E / 52.14583; 21.73556Country PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyMińskGminaCegłówTown righs1621Population • Total2,109Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationWMWebsiteCeglow

Cegłów [ˈt͡sɛɡwuf] is a town in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cegłów.^[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Mińsk Mazowiecki and 51 km (32 mi) east of Warsaw.

The town has a population of 2,109.

History

Cegłów was granted town rights in 1621 by Polish King Sigismund III Vasa.

In the early 20th century, a Mariavite parish was established in Cegłów, the second after Płock.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Cegłów was occupied by Germany. In December 1939, some expelled Poles from Ostrzeszów were deported to Cegłów.^[2] Local Polish railwaymen gave shelter to many Jews who escaped from transports to the Treblinka extermination camp.^[3] Polish railwaymen and Jewish escapees jointly carried out acts of sabotage on the Mińsk Mazowiecki-Mrozy railroad, attacking German trains.^[3] On June 28, 1943, the German gendarmerie, SS and Gestapo cracked down on the resistance and murdered 26 Poles, including women and children, and an unknown number of Jewish escapees.^[4]

Transport

There is a train station in Cegłów, and the Polish A2 motorway runs nearby, north of the town.

Gallery

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  Mariavite Church
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  Memorial to local Polish victims of Nazi Germans
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  Library
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  Polish Independence Memorial

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