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Between [[1975]] and [[1998]] it was situated in the [[Warszawa Voivodeship]] but since [[1999]] it has been situated in the [[Masovian Voivodeship]]. It is the capital of [[Grodzisk Mazowiecki County]].
Between [[1975]] and [[1998]] it was situated in the [[Warszawa Voivodeship]] but since [[1999]] it has been situated in the [[Masovian Voivodeship]]. It is the capital of [[Grodzisk Mazowiecki County]].

The town had a [[Jew]]ish community and it had been the center of the [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] [[Grodzhisk (Hasidic dynasty)|Grodzhisk dynasty]], (Grodzisk Mazowiecki being pronounced as "Grodzhisk" in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]].)



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Revision as of 13:04, 28 January 2008

Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Town
Railway station
Railway station
Coat of arms of Grodzisk Mazowiecki
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipMasovian
PowiatGrodzisk Mazowiecki County
GminaGrodzisk Mazowiecki
City Rights1522
Government
 • MayorGrzegorz Józef Benedykciński
Area
 • Total
13.19 km2 (5.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
26,881
 • Density2,016.1/km2 (5,222/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
05-825 to 05-827
Area code+48 022
Car PlatesWGM
Websitewww.grodzisk.pl

Grodzisk Mazowiecki (['grɔʥi̯sk]) is a town in central Poland with 26,881 inhabitants in 2006. It is 30 km. southwest of Warsaw.

Between 1975 and 1998 it was situated in the Warszawa Voivodeship but since 1999 it has been situated in the Masovian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Grodzisk Mazowiecki County.

The town had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Grodzhisk dynasty, (Grodzisk Mazowiecki being pronounced as "Grodzhisk" in Yiddish.)


52°07′N 20°38′E / 52.117°N 20.633°E / 52.117; 20.633