Słodowiec Explained

Słodowiec
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood and City Information System area
Image Map1:File:PL Warsaw słodowiec location.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Słodowiec within the district of Bielany, in accordance to the City Information System.
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:City county
Subdivision Name2:Warsaw
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Bielany
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Area Code:+48 22

Słodowiec is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Bielany.[1]

Name

The name Słodowiec, comes from the word słód, which in Polish means malt, and comes from the malt mill that was built in the area in the 19th century.[2]

History

Słodowiec originated as a part of the village of Buraków. Prior to 1830, the area was leased by the Agronomic and Forest Institute, and developed into an industrial area with a brickworks and a malt mill at the Rudawka river. In the second half of the 19th century, Słodowiec became a separate village. In 1860, in Słodowiec was built a steam mill.[3]

On 8 April 1916, Słodowiec was incorporated into the city of Warsaw.[4] [5]

Location and administrative boundaries

Słodowiec is located within the south-eastern portion of the district of Bielany, in the city of Warsaw, Poland. As a City Information System area, its borders are determent by Żeromskiego Street, and Słowackiego Street to the north, Armii Ludowej Avenue to the east, Broniewskiego Street to the south, and Jarzębskiego Street to the west.[1]

It borders Old Bielany to the north, Marymont-Kaskada to the north-east, Sady Żoliborskie to the east, and Piaski to the south. Its eastern boundary forms the border of the district of Bielany, bordering district of Żoliborz to the east.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obszary MSI. Dzielnica Bielany. pl. zdm.waw.pl.
  2. Web site: Nazwy osiedli w Warszawie. Skąd się wzięły i co oznaczają?. pl. Marcin Śpiewakowski. 8 January 2018. warszawa.naszemiasto.pl.
  3. Jarosław Zieliński: Bielany. Przewodnik historyczny. Warsaw: Zarząd Dzielnicy Bielany m.st. Warszaw. 2016. p. 234-239.
  4. Dziennik Zarządu Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy, no 129, 27 October 1917.
  5. Maria Nietyksza, Witold Pruss: Zmiany w układzie przestrzennym Warszawy. In: Irena Pietrza-Pawłowska (editor): Wielkomiejski rozwój Warszawy do 1918 r., issue 43. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, p. 1973.