Gmina Mokotów

The rural municipality of Mokotów was established on 13 January 1867, as part of the administrative reform in the Kingdom of Poland, which was part of the Russian Empire. The municipality was part of Warsaw County within the Warsaw Governorate. Its seat was set in the village of Mokotów. It also included the following villages: Czerniaków, Henryków, Królikarnia, Siekierki Małe, Siekierki Wielkie, Sielce, Szopy Niemieckie, Szopy Polskie, and Wierzbno. It also included the Mokotów Aerodrome.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} In 1890, it had a population of 8,708 people.^[6]

In 1903, the hamlet of Mokotów-Murowanka was incorporated into the city of Warsaw. The villages of Czerniaków, Szopy Polskie, Szopy Niemieckie, Siekierki Małe, and Siekierki Wielkie were transferred to the municipality of Wilanów in 1909.^[2][1]

After the area became occupied by the Imperial German Army during the First World War, the Warsaw Governorate begun being administrated by the Government General of Warsaw on 18 October 1915.^[7] The municipality was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 8 April 1916, by the orders Governor-General Hans Hartwig von Beseler. The order was backdated to 1 April 1916.^{[1][8][9][10]}