Mokotów

Mokotów
Mokotów
Warsaw District
	Wołoska Street
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mokotów within Warsaw
	Neighbourhoods of Mokotów
	Coordinates: 52°12′0″N 21°1′1″E / 52.20000°N 21.01694°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County/City	Warsaw
Notable landmarks	National Library of Poland, Polish Radio and Television, Pole Mokotowskie, School of Economics, Warsaw University of Life Science, Mokotów Prison
Government
• Mayor	Rafał Miastowski
Area
• Total	35.42 km2 (13.68 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	217,683
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+48 22
Website	https://mokotow.um.warszawa.pl/

Mokotów (Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈkɔtuf] ^ⓘ) is a city quarter of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (Służewiec Przemysłowy), while the majority is full of parks and green areas (Mokotów Field).

Although the area has been populated at least since the early Middle Ages, Mokotów was not incorporated into Warsaw until 1916. The origins of the area's name are unclear, first appearing as the village of Mokotowo in documents from the year 1367. It is hypothesised to have come from the name of a German owner of the village, who called himself Mokoto or Mokot, although no exact reference to such an individual has been found in historical records. In the 18th century, Moktów developed as a place where mansions, villas and palaces of the magnates and wealthy bourgeoisie were built. However, most of the area was urbanised and redeveloped throughout the 1930s in the style of modernism. The majority of buildings survived World War II, making it one of the few well-preserved pre-war areas of Warsaw. Mokotów Prison is located within the borough. Residential real estate in Mokotów, particularly in the neighbourhoods of Stary Mokotów and Wyględów, ranks among the most expensive in Warsaw.^[3]

Subdivisions

Administrative units

The following lower-level administrative units (osiedle) are established within Mokotow (they do not cover the whole district).

Subdivisions

City Information System

Administratively defined in 1996, this district is divided into following areas:^[4]

Historical

While the following subdivisions have no formal, administrative status, they are recognised in everyday life.

Górny Mokotów (Upper Mokotow)
Dolny Mokotów (Lower Mokotow)
- Sielce
- Czerniaków
- Siekierki
- Augustówka
- Stegny
- Sadyba

Architecture

Church of St. Anthony of Padua - designed by Tylman van Gameren, built 1690–1693 in Baroque style
Królikarnia Palace - designed by Domenico Merlini, built 1782–1786 in Neoclassical style
Szuster Palace - initially designed by Efraim Szreger and built 1772-1774 in Neoclassical style, rebuilt 1845 and 1853 by Enrico Marconi and Adam Idźkowski in Gothic Revival style
SGH Warsaw School of Economics - designed by Jan Koszczyc Witkiewicz and built 1926–1955 in Expressionist style
Wedel tenement house - designed by Juliusz Żórawski and built in 1936 in modernist style
National Geological Institute - designed by Marian Lalewicz and built 1925–1930, extendet by Marek Leykam in 1949–1955
Iluzjon Cinema - designed by Mieczysław Piprek and built 1949–1950 in modernist style
Mausoleum of the Soviet Soldiers Cemetery - designed by Bohdan Lachert and Władysław Niemirski and built 1949–1950
Polish Television headquarters - designed by Czesław Bielecki and Atelier d'Architecture – Karczewski & Bernier and built 2001–2008 in Postmodern style