{{Infobox settlement | name = Drobin | imagesize = 250px | image_shield = POL Drobin COA.svg | image_skyline = Drobin 06 (2009).jpg | image_caption = Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Stanislaus church in Drobin | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Masovian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Płock | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Drobin | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 12th century | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1511-1869, 1994 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_party = PSL | leader_name = Krzysztof Wielec | area_total_km2 = 9.64 | population_as_of = 31 December 2021<ref name="population">{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-08-01|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 1419054.</ref> | population_total = 2778 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|52|44|27|N|19|59|21|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 09-210<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|title=Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych|website=Poczta Polska|access-date=7 February 2026|language=pl|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | area_code = +48 24 | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = WPL | website = https://www.drobin.pl }} '''Drobin''' {{IPAc-pl|'|d|r|o|b|J|i|n}} is a town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland,{{TERYT}} with 2,778 inhabitants as of December 2021.<ref name = population />
==History== [[File:Silesia Pietà of Drobin.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Pietà of Drobin from {{circa|1430}}, Diocesan Museum in Płock]] The settlement was first mentioned in the 12th century, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. It was granted town rights in 1511<ref name=rk>{{cite book|last=Krzysztofik|first=Robert|title=Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna|year=2007|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego|language=pl|pages=28–29|isbn=978-83-226-1616-1}}</ref> under the Jagiellonian dynasty. It was a private town of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Bielsk County in the Płock Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN|page=3}}</ref>
In 1869 Drobin lost its town status.<ref name=rk/><ref>{{cite web|title=Prawa miejskie|url=https://drobin.pl/historia-i-zabytki/#prawa-miejskie|website=drobin.pl|publisher=Official website of Drobin|language=pl|access-date=2022-08-01}}</ref> It was restored in 1994.<ref name=rk/>
A battle was fought nearby on August 15, 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kowalski|first=Andrzej|year=1995|title=Miejsca pamięci związane z Bitwą Warszawską 1920 r.|journal=Niepodległość i Pamięć|language=pl|publisher=Muzeum Niepodległości w Warszawie|issue=2/2 (3)|page=129|issn=1427-1443}}</ref>
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans renamed the town ''Reichenfeld'' to erase traces of Polish origin, and operated a forced labour camp for Poles and Jews there.<ref name=rj>{{cite magazine|last=Juszkiewicz|first=Ryszard|year=1968|title=Obozy w rejencji ciechanowskiej|magazine=Notatki Płockie|language=pl|volume=13|issue=1 (45)|page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000657|title=Arbeitserziehungslager Reichenfeld|website=Bundesarchiv.de|accessdate=2 April 2021|language=de}}</ref> Some prisoners of the camp were executed.<ref name=rj/> {{clear|left}}
==Sports== The local football team is Skra Drobin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skradrobin.eu|title=skradrobin.eu|accessdate=2 April 2021|language=pl}}</ref> It competes in the lower leagues.
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==External links== * [https://drobin.pl/ Official site of Drobin] (in Polish) * [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/drobin/ Jewish Community in Drobin] on Virtual Shtetl
{{Gmina Drobin}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Category:Płock County Category:Sites of Nazi war crimes in Poland
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