Radziejowice

Radziejowice
Radziejowice
Village
	Radziejowice Castle and Palace
	Radziejowice
	Coordinates: 52°0′N 20°33′E / 52.000°N 20.550°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Żyrardów
Gmina	Radziejowice
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	96-325
Vehicle registration	WZY
Highway
Voivodeship road

Radziejowice ([rad͡ʑɛjɔˈvit͡sɛ]) is a village in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radziejowice.^[2] It is situated on the Pisia River,^[3] approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Żyrardów and 40 km (25 mi) south-west of Warsaw.

History

Radziejowice was the seat of the Radziejowski noble family, which gained considerable influence in Poland in the 17th century.^[3] Stanisław Radziejowski often hosted Polish King Sigismund III Vasa in Radziejowice, his son Hieronim Radziejowski hosted King Władysław IV Vasa in 1642, and his grandson Michał Stefan Radziejowski hosted Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, wife of Polish Prince James Louis Sobieski.^[3] After the death of Michał Stefan Radziejowski, it subsequently passed to the Prażmowski, Ossoliński and Krasiński families.^[3] The Krasiński family founded a Catholic parish in 1786 and built a new Neoclassical church in 1822.^[3] In 1827, the village had a population of 249.^[3]

In 1870, a brickyard was established in Radziejowice.^[4]

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945.

The landmark of Radziejowice is the Radziejowice Castle, Palace and Park Complex, which additionally contains a lake, wooden manor house and busts of several famous Poles, including Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, Stanisław Wyspiański and Józef Chełmoński. Other sights include the Neoclassical Saint Casimir church.

^ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. pp. 467–468.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Modzelewski, Rafał; Jarosz, Monika. Industrialne Mazowsze (in Polish). Warszawa: Mazowiecka Regionalna Organizacja Turystyczna. p. 47. ISBN 978-83-8218-191-3.