Józefów

Józefów

Infobox Settlement
name = Józefów


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Town center



image_shield = POL Józefów Mazowiecki COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Otwock
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Józefów (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Stanisław Kruszewski
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1962
area_total_km2 = 23.92
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 18353
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 8 | lats = 8 | latNS = N | longd = 21 | longm = 14 | longs = 13 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 94
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 05-420, 05-410
area_code = +48 22
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WOT
website = http://jozefow.pl
Józefów [IPA-pl|j|u|'|z|e|f|u|f] is a town in Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Otwock County. It lies about 15 km southeast of downtown Warsaw and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. Located on a picturesque confluence of Vistula and Świder rivers, it is home to one landscape reserve and three natural reservation zones. As of 2006 it had 18,157 inhabitants.

History

Jozefow was the site of a massacre of Polish Jews in the early days of Hitler's Final Solution during World War II. German Reserve Police Battalion 101 were the main participants of the killing of over 1,500 jews. [74, Ordinary Men, Christopher R. Browning, 2nd Ed., Harper Perennial, New York.]

External links

* [http://www.jozefow.pl/WWW/index.html The official webpage of Józefów]


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