Zegrze [ˈzɛɡʐɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Serock, within Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Serock, 11 km (7 mi) north-east of Legionowo, and 28 km (17 mi) north of Warsaw.

Zegrze
Village
Radziwiłł Palace
Zegrze
Coordinates: 52°27′43″N 21°2′4″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Legionowo
Gmina	Serock
Population	970

The village has a population of 970. It gave its name to the nearby Zegrze Reservoir, a man-made lake constructed in 1963 with a hydroelectric complex producing 20 Megawatts of power, a popular place of recreation for the residents of Warsaw.[2]

is the location of a historic palace built in 1847 by the noble Krasiński family, given as a dowry of Jadwiga Krasińska in 1862, to her new husband Prince Maciej Radziwiłł. The palace, surrounded by a park, serves as a convention centre and a small hotel.[3]

Zegrze is the terminus of a 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long railway line from Wieliszew, but passenger service on the line ceased in 1994. In late 2019, Polish railway infrastructure manager PKP PLK called for tenders for the works required to reopen the line, with the intention of restoring a passenger connection with Warsaw from 2022.[4]

See also

• Zegrzynek, birthplace of Jerzy Szaniawski nearby

References

External links

• Jewish Community in Zegrze on Virtual Shtetl
• Media related to Zegrze at Wikimedia Commons

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