Białołęka
Białołęka (Polish pronunciation: [bjawɔˈwɛŋka], from biały - white and łąka - meadow) is one of 18 districts of Warsaw located in the northern part of the city. To October 27, 2002 Białołęka was a gmina. The Białołęka name comes from nobleman Białołęcki, who bought the area before the First World War.
According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is 73,04 km² (2,820.1 sq mi) and 89 324 people inhabit Białołęka.
History
- In 1425, the Białołęka village came into being and belonged to the Gołyński family.
- In the interwar period the only today's Białołęka area which was included to Warsaw was Różopol subdivision.
- In 1938 Białołęka had 900 inhabitants and belonged to the Bródno municipality.
- In 1951 a group of villages (including Białołęka) joined Warsaw as result of the new administrative division of Warsaw.
- In 1976, during the next border changes another villages joined Warsaw and the north-eastern border of Warsaw got the today look.
- In 1994, the Białołęka subdivision gave named to the new gmina Warsaw-Białołęka. In respect of area, the gmina was the third out of eleven Warsaw gminas, taking 15% of whole city's area.
- In 2002, the territorial division of Warsaw changed and gminas were replaced with dzielnicas.
Division
Area of the division divides into following parts:
- industrial, where many industries are located in central, southern and southern-western parts: Żerań CHP Station (Elektrociepłownia Żerań), Polfa Tarchomin (farmaceutic company), Czajka sludgeworks, printing house of Agora SA publisher, factories of L'Oréal and The Coca-Cola Company, PKP areas, many builder's company)
- housing estates with big density of buildings located in central-western part (Nowy Tarchomin, Nowodwory and Nowe Świdry)
- housing estates with prevalent detached houses - northern and central-northern part (Choszczówka, Białołęka Dworska, Płudy, Henryków and others)
- housing estates in village areas and arable lands (Brzeziny, Lewandów, Kobiałka, Białołęka Szlachecka, Mańki-Wojdy and others)
Subdivisions of Białołęka
Białołęka is divided into smaller subdivisions (osiedles). Here's a list of them (the italic names are the ones which are not taken into account by the TERYT).
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West
- Buchnik
- Buków
- Kalenica
- Kępa Tarchomińska
- Winnica
- Nowodwory
- Buczynek
- Anecin
- Tarchomin Kościelny
- Nowe Świdry
- Nowy Tarchomin
- Stare Świdry
- Piekiełko
- Żerań
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Middle west
- Choszczówka-Kolonia
- Góry Skierdowskie
- Nowe Brzeziny
- Dąbrówka Szlachecka
- Płudy
- Henryków
- Wiśniewo
- Tarchomin
- Piekiełko
- Żerań
- Różopol
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Middle east
- Choszczówka
- Łapigrosz
- Różopole
- Szamocin
- Białołęka Dworska
- Tomaszew
- Dąbrówka Grzybowska
- Marcelin
- Białołęka Szlachecka
- Konstantynów
- Żerań Wschodni
- Aleksandrów
- Annopol
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East
- Kobiałka
- Ruskowy Bród
- Olesin
- Augustówek
- Mańki-Wojdy
- Augustów
- Brzeziny
- Kąty Grodziskie
- Grodzisk
- Lewandów
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Other subdivisions:
Green Białołęka
- Henrykowski Park – 30 056 m²
- "Picassa" Park – 36 700 m²
- By Botewa/Talarowa streets – 5088 m²
- Next to Picassa housing estate – 32 900 m²
- Around the town hall – 4560 m²
- By Światowida street – 4600 m²
- Area of flowerbeds – 250 m²
- Area of rose-gardens – 177 m²
- Vistula river – 10 123 m
- Henrykowski canal – 9638 m
- Żerański canal – 9240 m
- Długa river + Markowski canal – 5450 m
- Bródnowski canal – 3600 m
- Dyke B – 3270 m
- Dyke A – 2640 m
- Jabłonna stream – 1838 m
- Ławice Kiełpińskie natural reserve – fauna natural reserve near the border of Warsaw, which function is to protect places where water-mud birds make nests. Area - 803 hectares.
- Łęgi Czarnej Strugi natural reserve – situated in the north-west part of Nieporęt gmina. Area - 39,53 hectares.
There are also many different-sized forests in Białołęka.
Monuments of Białołęka
- Court on Mehoffera street
- It consists of a court from 18th century, a palace from the beginning of the 19th century, built by Tadeusz Mostowski and a park)
- 2, Mehoffera street
- Church of St James the Great on Mehoffera street is the only Gothic temple in Warsaw, which is still looking nearly the same today as when it was built. The architectural details from 16th century are still readable. The church is made from brick and it's from the beginning of 16th century.
- 21, Klasyków street
- Church built from 1908 to 1913 in the style of Vistula Neo-Gothic. It was consecrated on September 8, 1913, and on September 16, 1949 it was given the name by Stefan Wyszyński.
- 119, Głębocka street
- One of the oldest wooden churches in Warsaw, probably funded by Bona Sforza in 1534.
Transport in Białołęka
The main street where all transport goes is the Modlińska street, which is a part of trunk road 61 to Gdańsk and Masuria; and the Toruńska route, part of trunk road 8 to Białystok.
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