Zielonka

For other places with the same name, see Zielonka (disambiguation).

Zielonka
Polish military cemetery and chapel of Our Lady of Victory
Coat of arms
Zielonka
Coordinates: 52°18′3″N 21°9′31″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Wołomin
Gmina	Zielonka (urban gmina)
Town rights	1960
Government
• Mayor	Kamil Michał Iwandowski
Area
• Total	79.23 km2 (30.59 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	17,398
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	05-220
Area code	+48 22
Car plates	WWL
Website	http://www.zielonka.pl

Zielonka [ʑɛˈlɔnka] is a town in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 17,398 inhabitants (2013). It is located about 13 km to the north-east of the centre of Warsaw.

Zielonka borders Warsaw and several other towns of the Warsaw metropolitan area: Ząbki and Marki in the west, Kobyłka in the north, and Sulejówek in the south. It was granted town rights in 1960.

In August 1920, the Battle of Ossów was fought nearby, as part of the Battle of Warsaw in which the Poles were victorious and repulsed the Soviet invasion. Within the town limits, near the village of Ossów, there is a cemetery of the fallen Polish soldiers with a chapel of Our Lady of Victory.

Public structures

• 4 primary schools
• a high school
• 2 Roman Catholic churches
• a sports centre
• 4 banks
• a large proving ground which occupies about 2/3 of the municipality area
• 1 Ufnal

Retirement house in Zielonka

Transport

There are two railway stations in the town (Zielonka and Zielonka Bankowa).

Nature

• Długa River
• 4 clay pits
• 2 nature reserves
• 86 trees registered as natural monuments

External links

• Jewish Community in Zielonka on Virtual Shtetl