Czerniaków

For other uses, seeCzerniaków (disambiguation).

Czerniaków
WarsawNeighborhood
Bernardine church and monastery in Czerniaków
Coordinates:52.207383°N 21.051089°E/52.207383; 21.051089
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County/City	Warsaw
Notable landmarks	Bernardine Monastery and St. Antony of Padua Church, 19th century wooden mansion, Mound of the Warsaw Uprising
Time zone	UTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2(CEST)
Area code	+48 22
Website	http://www.czerniakow.com/

Czerniakówis aneighbourhoodof the city ofWarsaw,located within the borough ofMokotów,between the escarpment of theVistulariver and the river itself.

Czerniaków area according to City Information System in Warsaw

CalledCzerniakowosince the Middle Ages, it was then merely a small village located well to the south ofWarsaw's Old Town.In the 19th century the area became densely built-up and became populated mostly by factory workers and other lower classes of society, which gave birth to a specific local version of theWarsaw dialect.During theWarsaw Uprisingthe area was one of the last Polish strongholds.

19th-century mansion in Czerniaków on Lake Czerniakowskie shore