Cegłów, Mińsk County
Town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Cegłów [ˈt͡sɛɡwuf] is a town in Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Cegłów.
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The town has a population of 2,109.
History
Cegłów was granted town rights in 1621 by Polish King Sigismund III Vasa.
In the early 20th century, a Mariavite parish was established in Cegłów, the second after Płock.
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Cegłów was occupied by Germany. In December 1939, some expelled Poles from Ostrzeszów were deported to Cegłów.[2] Local Polish railwaymen gave shelter to many Jews who escaped from transports to the Treblinka extermination camp.[3] Polish railwaymen and Jewish escapees jointly carried out acts of sabotage on the Mińsk Mazowiecki-Mrozy railroad, attacking German trains.[3] On June 28, 1943, the German gendarmerie, SS and Gestapo cracked down on the resistance and murdered 26 Poles, including women and children, and an unknown number of Jewish escapees.[4]
Transport
The A2 motorway passes to the north of Cegłów.
Cegłów has a station on the Warsaw-Terespol railway line.
Gallery
Memorial to local Polish victims of Nazi Germans
Library
Polish Independence Memorial
