Siekierki
Siekierki | |
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City Information System area (neighbourhood) | |
Aerial view of Siekierki in 2023. | |
The location of the City Information System area of Siekierki within the Mokotów district. | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′29″N 21°05′00″E / 52.20806°N 21.08333°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| City and county | Warsaw |
| District | Mokotów |
| Subdistrict | Lower Mokotów |
| Administrative neighbourhood | Siekierki |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
Siekierki (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈkʲɛrkʲi]) is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, within the Mokotów district. It is a residential neighbourhood with mixed low-rise and high-rise housing. The neighbourhood features the Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Sanctuary of Our Lady the Teacher of the Yough.
The village of Czarnów, was the oldest known human settlement in the area, dating to the 13th century. The village of Siekierki was recorded in its place in the 16th century. The area was incorporated into the city in the 1916. Most of the houses in the neighbourhood were destroyed in 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising, and were rebuilt afterwards. In the 2010s, high-rise apartment housing estates begun developing in Siekierki.