Mariensztat

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Mariensztat is a neighbourhood in Warsaw's borough of Śródmieście (city centre). It is located between the Vistula river and the Old Town.

The historical neighborhood dates from the 18th century, when local nobelman Eustachy Potocki married Maria Kątska and received the parcel of land as part of Kątska's dowery. He established a jurydyka and named the town Maryenstadt after his wife, adding the German suffix stadt to please the Saxon king of Poland. After World War II, the spelling of the placename was changed to Mariensztat.

The neighborhood was rasied to the ground during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Reconstruction work began in 1948, involving a complete redesign of the street plan and architectural appearance of the area. Mariensztat became a model housing project under Poland's new communist authorities, and was the first part of the city to be completed in their ongoing reconstruction of Warsaw. The neighborhood was featured in a 1953 propaganda film, Adventure in Marienstadt.