Żerań is a northern suburb of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, Poland, situated in the

Białołęka Białołęka (, lit. ''White Meadow'') is one of 18 districts of Warsaw, located in the northern part of the city. Until October 27, 2002 Białołęka was a gmina. According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's area is and ...

district. It is noted for the

Żerań Power Station Żerań Heat Power Station () is a coal-fired heat power station in the northeastern Warsaw suburb of Żerań, Poland. Built between 1952 and 1956 to Soviet design specifications – with the first turbine becoming operational on 21 July 1954 ...

. The area borders with the

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, the

Praga-Północ Praga-North (Polish language, Polish: ''Praga-Północ''), also known as North Praga, Praga North, is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland, located in the central part of the city. History Praga is one of the oldest districts in Warsaw. Thro ...

district and the Tarchomin, Różopol, Konstantynów and Annopol housing estates. __TOC__

History

Żerań was first mentioned in the fourteenth century. The name comes from the old Polish terms "żyr" or "żer" and means "pasture in the forest". In the western side of Żerań is the housing estate Piekiełko at , which includes the Kasztanowa, Płużnicka and Ekspresowa streets. It was founded in the second half of the 19th century along the present Modlińska Street. By 1887, 51 houses were erected here. 58 people were recorded in the 1912 census. The Jabłonowska Railway, which ran to Jabłonna in 1900–1956 (with breaks in 1939 and 1944) contributed to the development of the settlement. The railway was instrumental in transporting goods from the Spiess chemical (later pharmaceutical) factory in Tarchomin (now Polfa Tarchomin SA) and the chemical factory "Winnica" in Henryków. During the German occupation, a Jewish labor camp operated in Piekiełka. It was liquidated in November 1942. Piekiełko was annexed to Warsaw together with other neighboring villages in 1951.

Economy

The Żerań estate mainly has industrial functions. It contains a

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, which began operations in 1954, a furnace waste dump, numerous office buildings and warehouses, a glass hardening factory, manufacturer H + H Poland, and the Żerański Canal and port. During the People's Republic of Poland, the Faelbe Concrete Element Factory operated in Żerań.

References

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