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Augustówka
City Information System area
(neighbourhood)
The Siekierki Cogeneration Plant in Augustówka.
The Siekierki Cogeneration Plant in Augustówka.
The location of Augustówka within the Mokotów district.
The location of Augustówka within the Mokotów district.
Coordinates: 52°11′26″N 21°04′55″E / 52.19056°N 21.08194°E / 52.19056; 21.08194
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian Voivodeship
City countyWarsaw
DistrictMokotów
SubregionLower Mokotów
Administrative neighbourhoodAugustówka
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Augustówka (Polish: [aw.ɡusˈtuf.ka]) is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, within the Mokotów district. The area is part of its eastern half, known as the Lower Mokotów. The neighbourhood is a loosely-populated area, predominantly urbanized in its south, featuring low-rise single-family housing. It features the Siekierki Cogeneration Plant, the largest combined heat and power plant in Poland. Augustówka lies on the west coast of the Vistula river, and includes the Czerniaków Lake, the largest still body of fresh water in the city.

By the 19th century, Augustówka was a small farming community. In 1890, the Fort X was built near the village, as part of the series of the city fortifications known as the Warsaw Fortress. Augustówka was incorporated into the city in 1951. In 1961, the Siekierki Cogeneration Plant was opened in its area.

History

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The ruins of Fort X in Augustówka, in form of distorted land formations. The structed was built in 1890, and demolished in 1913.

By the 19th century, the village of Augustówka was a small faming community. On 13 January 1867, it became part of the rural municipality of Wilanów, established as part of the administrative reform in the Kingdom of Poland.[1][2] From 20 October 1933, Augustówka was one of its thirteen gromadas (village assemblies).[3]

Between 1883 and 1890, the Fort X "Augustówka" was built near Vistula river, and the current Beck Avenue. It was constructed by the Russian Empire, as part of the Warsaw Fortress, a series of fortifications around the city. It was decommissioned in 1909, and partially demolished in 1913.[4] In the 1880s, the Wolica Moat was also dug out between the Fort X and the Czerniaków Lake, as part of the fortifications.[4][5][6]

In 1939, the Polish Armed Forces used the ruins of Fort X as defensive position against advancing forces of the German Army, during the siege of Warsaw in the Second World War. In 1944, the ruins were used by the German soldiers during the defense from the Red Army of the Soviet Union. After the war, the area had been used as a military shooting range.[4]

In 1943, Augustówka had 482 inhabitants.[7] On 15 May 1951, the municipality of Wilanów, including Augustówka, was incorporated into the city of Warsaw.[8]

In 1961, the Siekierki Cogeneration Plant, the largest combined heat and power plant in Poland, was opened at 30 Augustówka Street.[9][10] The government planned to develop a science park in Augustówka and Siekierki by constructing a complex of research facilities along with corresponding housing developments.[10] However, the increasing economic crisis halted the project.[11]

On 4 October 1996, the Mokotów district was subdivided into twelve City Information System areas, with Augustówka becoming one of them.[12]

In 2002, the Siekieri Route, a thoroughfare connecting the west and east banks of the Vistula river, was opened crossing neighbourhood, including Bem Avenue, and the Siekierki Bridge on the Vistula river.[13] In 2004, the land adjacent to the river was designated as a conservation area under the Natura 2000 program.[14] Between 2005 and 2008, it was planned to develop a technology and science park in Siekierki and Augustówka, codenamed the Warsaw Technology Park, however, the project was abandoned.[15][16]

On 9 December 2025, the administrative neighbourhood of Augustówka was established, as a subdivision of the Mokotów district, governed by an elected neighbourhood council. Its boundaries are marked by Piramowicza Street, the Vistula river, Wilanówka river, the border of the Mokotów district, Łucznicza Street, Zawodzie Street, and Augustówka Street.[17]

Characteristics

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The Czerniaków Lake in Augustówka, the largest still body of fresh water in Warsaw.

Augustówka is a loosely-populated area, predominantly urbanized in its south, featuring low-rise single-family housing. It also includes warehouse.[18] The area features the Siekierki Cogeneration Plant, the largest combined heat and power plant in Poland, located at 30 Augustówka Street.[9][10] It also functions as one of the facilities of the Institute of Energy, the state-owned research organisation of energy transfer.[19] Its northern boundary is marked by Beck Avenue, which forms a part of the Siekieri Route, a thoroughfare connecting the west and east banks of the Vistula river, via the Siekierki Bridge, a 500-metre-long (1640 ft) cable-stayed bridge.[13]

To the east, the neighbourhood borders the Vistula river, with the land adjacent to its coast being designated as a conservation area under the Natura 2000 program.[14] The southeast border of Augustówka is also marked by the Wilanówka river, which outflows to the Vistula.[20] In the east, the neighbourhood features the Czerniaków Lake, which, together with surrounding it area, has the status of a conservation area.[21] With an area of 19.5 ha, it is the largest fresh water lake in Warsaw.[22] It is also a bathing lake with a beach, the only in the city with such legal status.[23][24] The lake is also the outflow destination of two man-made water canals, the Siekierki Canal in the north, and Canal W in the south.[25][26] In the north, Augustówka also has the Siekierki Lake, an oxbow lake, which together with surrounding land, has a status of a conservation area.[27]

In the northeast, the neighborhood also features the ruins of the Fort X, together with its. It was part of the fortifications of the Warsaw Fortress, dating to 1890, and demolished in 1913.[4] The area also features the Wolica Moat in the northeast, which was also created in the 1890s as part of the city fortifications.[4][5][6]

Boundaries and subdivision

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Augustówka is a City Information System area in Warsaw, located in the northeastern portion of the Mokotów district, within the subregion of Lower Mokotów. Its boundaries are approximately determined to the north by Beck Avenue and the Siekierki Bridge; to the east by the Vistula river; to the south by the Wilanówka river, the boundary of the Mokotów district, Łucznicza Street, Zawodzie Street, and Austówka Street; and to the west around the houses at Rymanowska Street; Okrężna Street, Rembowski Square, Jeziorna Street, Gołkowska Street, Czerniaków Lake, Siekierki Canal, and around the houses at Rymanowska Street. The neighbourhood borders Siekierki to the north, Gocław to the northeast, Las and Zerzeń to the east, Wilanów Niski and Zawady to the south, and Czerniaków and Sadyba to the west. Its boundaries form the borders of the Mokotów district with Praga-South to the northeast, Wawer to the east, and Wilanów to the south..[28]

The southeastern portion of the City Information System area forms the administrative neighbourhood of Augustówka, a subdivision of the Mokotów district, governed by an elected neighbourhood council. Its boundaries are marked by Piramowicza Street, the Vistula river, Wilanówka river, the border of the Mokotów district, Łucznicza Street, Zawodzie Street, and Augustówka Street.[17]

References

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  1. ↑ Maria Nietyksza, Witold Pruss: Zmiany w układzie przestrzennym Warszawy. In Irena Pietrza-Pawłowska (editor): Wielkomiejski rozwój Warszawy do 1918 r.. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza. 1973. p. 43. (in Polish)
  2. ↑ Wojciech Trzebiński, Adam Borkiewicz: Podziały administracyjne Królestwa Polskiego w okresie 1815-1918 r.: Zarys historyczny. Dokumentacja Geograficzna 1956, vol. 4. Warsaw, 1956. (in Polish)
  3. ↑ Warszawski Dziennik Wojewódzki: dla obszaru Województwa Warszawskiego. 1933, no. 14, position 136.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Lech Królikowski: Twierdza Warszawa, Warsaw, 2002.
  5. 1 2 "Pismo z dnia 06.05.2011 r. znak: KZ-SII-AOL-4120-24-2-11, Stołeczny Konserwator Zabytków" (PDF). pliki.transportpodkontrola.pl (in Polish). 6 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 Ewa Zaręba (March 2014). "Raport o oddziaływaniu przedsięwzięcia na środowisko pn.: Budowa ul. Czerniakowskiej – bis na odcinku od ul. Czerniakowskiej do ul. Wolickiej z wyłączeniem skrzyżowania z Trasą Siekierkowską". eib.org (in Polish).
  7. ↑ Gemeinde- und Dorfverzeichnis für das Generalgouvernement Archived 2021-01-14 at the Wayback Machine. 1943.
  8. ↑ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 5 maja 1951 r. w sprawie zmiany granic miasta stołecznego Warszawy. In: 1951 Journal of Laws, no. 27, position 199. Warsaw. 1951.
  9. 1 2 "Elektrociepłownia Siekierki". termika.pgnig.pl (in Polish).
  10. 1 2 3 Krzyżakowa, Krystyna (1987). Warszawa przyszłości [w:] Kalendarz Warszawski'88 (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. p. 215. ISBN 83-03-01684-9.
  11. ↑ Jabłoński, Krzysztof (1984). Warszawa: portret miasta [Warsaw: Portrait of the city] (in Polish). Warsaw: Arkady. ISBN 83-213-2993-4.
  12. ↑ Uchwała Nr 389/XXXVI/96 Rady Gminy Warszawa-Centrum w sprawie Miejskiego Systemu Informacyjnego w Gminie Warszawa-Centrum, In: Express Wieczorny, no. 268, 18 November 1996. Warsaw. (in Polish)
  13. 1 2 "Pisaliśmy w 'Stołecznej'. Most Siekierkowski otwarty", Gazeta Stołeczna, p. 5, 21 September 2018. (in Polish)
  14. 1 2 "Warszawski Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu". warszawa.rdos.gov.pl (in Polish). Regionalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska w Warszawie.
  15. ↑ Wojtczuk, Michał (2009-04-01). "Park technologiczny: Fatamorgana na łąkach" [Technology park: Fata Morgana on the meadows]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  16. ↑ Kraj, Izabela (2009-04-17). "Koniec marzeń PiS o Dolinie Krzemowej" [The end of Law and Justice's dreams of Silicon Valley]. Życie Warszawy (in Polish). Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  17. 1 2 "Osiedle Augustówka". mokotow.um.warszawa.pl.
  18. ↑ Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta stołecznego Warszawy ze zmianami Archived 2023-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Warsaw: Warsaw City Council, 1 March 2018, pp. 10–14. (in Polish)
  19. ↑ "Pion Cieplny". ien.com.pl (in Polish).
  20. ↑ Zdzisław Biernacki: "IV. Geomorfologia i wody powierzchniowe", [in:] Wisła w Warszawie. Warsaw: Board of Directors of the Capital City of Warsaw, Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, 2000, pp. 22–70. ISBN 83-907333-7-4. (in Polish)
  21. ↑ Czesław Łaszek, Bożenna Sendzielska: Chronione obiekty przyrodnicze województwa stołecznego warszawskiego. Warsaw: Centralny Ośrodek Informacji Turystycznej, 1989, p. 67. ISBN 83-00-02272-4. (in Polish)
  22. ↑ Barbara Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): Encyklopedia Warszawy, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 296. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish)
  23. ↑ Michał Wojtczuk: "Wysycha jeziorko na Sadybie", Gazeta Stołeczna, p. 1, 29 May 2017. Warsaw. (in Polish)
  24. ↑ "Jezioro Czerniakowskie". sk.gis.gov.pl (in Polish).
  25. ↑ Zdzisław Biernacki: "IV. Geomorfologia i wody powierzchniowe", [in:] Wisła w Warszawie. Warsaw: Board of Directors of the Capital City of Warsaw, Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, 2000, pp. 53, 56. ISBN 83-907333-7-4. (in Polish)
  26. ↑ Łukasz Szkudlarek: Analiza powierzchniowa zlewni. Charakterystyka i ocena funkcjonowania układu hydrograficznego, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem systemów melioracyjnych na obszarze m.st. Warszawy wraz z zaleceniami do Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego m.st. Warszawy i planów miejscowych. Warsaw: Office of Architecture and Spatial Planning of the Capital City of Warsaw, 2015, pp. 18–36 (in Polish)
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