Szafarnia (Masovian Voivodeship)

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Szafarnia, in Poland's Mazowsze Province (aka Masovian Voivodeship) is one of three villages of that name in Poland (the other two being in Kujawy–Pomorze Province and Warmia–Mazury Province).

[edit] History

Mazowsze's Szafarnia is a village near the Drwęca River in Mazowsze Province, Ostrołęka County, Lelis Commune.

In 1975–98 Szafarnia was part of Ostrołęka Province.

[edit] Chopin

A visitor to Szafarnia, in his early teens, was Frédéric Chopin, who was a guest there of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł. From Szafarnia Chopin wrote home his famous Kuriery Szafarskie (Szafarnia Courier) letters that spoofed the Warsaw newspapers and demonstrated young Chopin's literary talent.