Garwolin
Sign in to saveGarwolin is a town on the Wilga river in eastern Poland, capital of Garwolin County, situated in the southeast part of the Garwolin plateau in Masovian Voivodeship, southeast of Warsaw, northwest of Lublin. As of December 2021, the town has 17,566 inhabitants.
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- Garwolin
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- Collegiate church of Transfiguration in Garwolin
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- Poland
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- Voivodeship
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- Masovian
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- County
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- Garwolin
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- Gmina
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- Garwolin (urban gmina)
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- Marzena Świeczak
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- 15th century
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Garwolin is a town on the Wilga river in eastern Poland, capital of Garwolin County, situated in the southeast part of the Garwolin plateau in Masovian Voivodeship, southeast of Warsaw, northwest of Lublin. As of December 2021, the town has 17,566 inhabitants.
==History== thumb|left|3 May Constitution Day in Garwolin in 1936 The name of the town occurs in the medieval notes in 1386 and 1404. Name Garwolin comes from a Garwoł, which is a name. However, there is a popular legend connecting the town's name with rooks (Polish: gawrony).