Ursus, Warsaw
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Ursus | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ursus within Warsaw | |
| Coordinates:52°11′34″N20°53′23″E/ 52.19278°N 20.88972°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County/City | Warsaw |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bogdan Olesiński |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.36 km2(3.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 60,112[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
| Website | ursus.warszawa.pl |
Ursusis a district(dzielnica)ofWarsaw,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 asCzechowice.
History
[edit]In the area that is today Ursus, there were threevillagesin 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 themunicipality,and in the early 1920s the Szamoty area'sZakłady 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, beforeWorld 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 anotherCzechowice-Dziedzicecity already, located in southernPoland).
From June 25 to June 30, 1976, the city of Ursus witnessed strikes after the communists raisedfood prices.Many people got injured and arrested. It was the signal that startedKomitet 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 theSolidaritymovement.
On August 1, 1977, Ursus became part of Warsaw within theOchotadistrict 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
[edit]Ursus is one of the smallest Warsaw districts. It also has the lowest crime rate.
Neighbourhoods within the district
[edit]- Gołąbki
- Szamoty
- Niedźwiadek
- Czechowice
- Skorosze
References
[edit]- ^"Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2019 roku. Tabl. 21 Powierzchnia, ludność oraz lokaty według gmi".stat.gov.pl.Główny Urząd Statystyczny.Retrieved2 September2020.
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