Cegłów, Mińsk County
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Saint John the Baptist church in Cegłów | |
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| Coordinates: 52°8′45″N 21°44′8″E / 52.14583°N 21.73556°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Mińsk |
| Gmina | Cegłów |
| Town rights | 1621 |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,109 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WM |
| Website | Ceglow |
Cegłów [ˈt͡sɛɡwuf] is a town in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cegłów.
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, served by Koleje Mazowieckie[5], and the Polish A2 motorway runs nearby, north of the town.
Gallery
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Memorial to local Polish victims of Nazi Germans
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Library
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Polish Independence Memorial
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Graf, Władysław (1992). "Ostrzeszów: obozy jenieckie okresu 1939–1940. Część 2". Zeszyty Ostrzeszowskie (in Polish). No. 16. Ostrzeszowskie Centrum Kultury. p. 30.
- ^ a b Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 82.
- ^ Datner, p. 99
- ^ "Cegłów | Koleje Mazowieckie". www.mazowieckie.com.pl. Retrieved 2025-12-16.