Zegrze is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County,

Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...

, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Serock, north-east of Legionowo, and north 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 ...

. The village gave its name to the nearby Zegrze Reservoir, a man-made lake constructed in 1963, on the lower course of the

Narew The Narew (; ; or ) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided h ...

river, with a hydroelectric complex producing 20 Megawatts of power, a popular place of recreation for the residents of Warsaw. is the location of a historic palace built in 1847 by the noble Krasiński family, given as a

dowry A dowry is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family to the groom (man) or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price ...

of Jadwiga Krasińska in 1862, to her new husband Prince

Maciej Radziwiłł Prince Maciej Radziwiłł () (10 November 1749 – 2 September 1800) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian noble (szlachcic), composer and librettist. Biography Around 1780, Maciej (Matthias) lived at Nieśwież, the house ...

. The palace, surrounded by a park, serves as a convention centre and a small hotel.

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Jewish Community in Zegrze
on Virtual Shtetl * Villages in Legionowo County {{Legionowo-geo-stub

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