Ursus, Warsaw

Coordinates: 52°11′34″N 20°53′23″E / 52.19278°N 20.88972°E / 52.19278; 20.88972Country PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCounty/CityWarsawGovernment • MayorBogdan OlesińskiArea • Total9.36 km² (3.61 sq mi)Population • Total60,112^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Area code+48 22Websiteursus.warszawa.pl

Ursus is a district (dzielnica) of Warsaw, one of the 18 such units into which the city is divided. Between 1952 and 1977 it was a separate city. Until 1954 it was known as Czechowice.

History

In the area that is today Ursus, there were three villages in the 14th century: Czechowice, Skorosze and Szamoty (later called Gołąbki).

Industrialisation in the 20th century contributed to developing these villages. Skorosze became the seat of the municipality, and in the early 1920s the Szamoty area's Zakłady Mechaniczne "Ursus" (English: Ursus Industrial Plants) (makers of agricultural machinery) were built. Czechowice became a housing estate due to it being in the vicinity of factories. In the 1939, before World War II, it had 7000 inhabitants. Skorosze had a school, police station and train station in its area.

In 1952 Czechowice, Skorosze and Szamoty were combined into one city, called Czechowice, which in 1954 changed its name to Ursus (there had been another Czechowice-Dziedzice city already, located in southern Poland).

From June 25 to June 30, 1976, the city of Ursus witnessed strikes after the communists raised food prices. Many people got injured and arrested. It was the signal that started Komitet Obrony Robotników (KOR), a movement which was successful in uniting the workers and intellectuals against the communist government, which eventually led to the birth of the Solidarity movement.

On August 1, 1977, Ursus became part of Warsaw within the Ochota district as punishment for the strikes in June 1976. Ursus lost its independence as a separate city.^{[citation needed]}

Since January 1, 1993 Ursus has been a separate district.

The present

Ursus is one of the smallest Warsaw districts. It also has the lowest crime rate.

Neighbourhoods within the district

• Gołąbki
• Szamoty
• Niedźwiadek
• Czechowice
• Skorosze

References

External links

Inner city
districts

Śródmieście	Mariensztat Muranów Nowe Miasto Powiśle Stare Miasto
Mokotów	Augustówka Czerniaków Ksawerów Old Mokotów Sadyba Siekierki Sielce Służew Służewiec Stegny Wierzbno Wyględów
Ochota	Filtry Rakowiec Stara Ochota Szczęśliwice
Wola	Czyste Koło Mirów Młynów Powązki
Żoliborz	Marymont-Potok Stary Żoliborz Sady Żoliborskie
Praga-Północ	Nowa Praga Pelcowizna Stara Praga Szmulowizna
Praga-Południe	Gocław Gocławek Grochów Kamionek Olszynka Grochowska Saska Kępa

Outer city
districts

Bemowo	Bemowo Lotnisko Boernerowo Chrzanów Fort Bema Fort Radiowo Górce Groty Jelonki Północne Jelonki Południowe Lotnisko
Białołęka	Białołęka Dworska Brzeziny Choszczówka Dąbrówka Szlachecka Grodzisk Henryków Kobiałka Nowodwory Szamocin Tarchomin Żerań
Bielany	Chomiczówka Huta Las Bielański Młociny Marymont-Kaskada Marymont-Ruda Piaski Placówka Radiowo Słodowiec Stare Bielany Wólka Węglowa Wawrzyszew Wrzeciono
Rembertów	Kawęczyn-Wygoda Nowy Rembertów Stary Rembertów
Targówek	Elsnerów Bródno Bródno Podgrodzie Targówek Fabryczny Targówek Mieszkaniowy Zacisze Utrata
Ursus	Czechowice Gołąbki Niedźwiadek Skorosze Szamoty
Ursynów	Dąbrówka Grabów Jeziorki Północne Jeziorki Południowe Kabaty Natolin Pyry Skarpa Powsińska Stary Służew Stary Imielin Teren Wydzielony Rezerwat „Las Kabacki” Ursynów Centrum Ursynów Północny Wyczółki
Wawer	Aleksandrów Anin Falenica Las Marysin Wawerski Miedzeszyn Międzylesie Nadwiśle Radość Sadul Wawer Zerzeń
Wesoła	Groszówka Plac Wojska Polskiego Stara Miłosna Wesoła-Centrum Wola Grzybowska Zielona-Grzybowa
Wilanów	Wilanów Wysoki Wilanów Niski Wilanów Królewski Błonia Wilanowskie Powsinek Zawady Kępa Zawadowska Powsin
Włochy	Nowe Włochy Okęcie Opacz Wielka Paluch Raków Salomea Stare Włochy Załuski Zbarż

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