# Drobin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Drobin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Drobin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drobin > Source revision: 1347211412 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Voivodeships_of_Poland) | subdivision_name1 = [Masovian](/source/Masovian_Voivodeship) | subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Powiat) | subdivision_name2 = [Płock](/source/P%C5%82ock_County) | subdivision_type3 = [Gmina](/source/Gmina) | subdivision_name3 = [Drobin](/source/Gmina_Drobin) | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 12th century | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1511-1869, 1994 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_party = [PSL](/source/Polish_People's_Party) | leader_name = Krzysztof Wielec | area_total_km2 = 9.64 | population_as_of = 31 December 2021{{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. | population_total = 2778 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | 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{{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}} | area_code = +48 24 | blank_name = [Car plates](/source/Polish_car_number_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](/source/P%C5%82ock_County), [Masovian Voivodeship](/source/Masovian_Voivodeship), in central [Poland](/source/Poland),{{TERYT}} with 2,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. ==History== [[File:Silesia Pietà of Drobin.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[Pietà](/source/Piet%C3%A0) of Drobin from {{circa|1430}}, Diocesan Museum in [Płock](/source/P%C5%82ock)]] The settlement was first mentioned in the 12th century, when it was part of [Piast](/source/Piast_dynasty)-ruled [Poland](/source/Kingdom_of_Poland). It was granted town rights in 1511{{cite book|last=Krzysztofik|first=Robert|title=Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna|year=2007|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo [Uniwersytetu Śląskiego](/source/Uniwersytet_%C5%9Al%C4%85ski)|language=pl|pages=28–29|isbn=978-83-226-1616-1}} under the [Jagiellonian dynasty](/source/Jagiellonian_dynasty). It was a [private town](/source/private_town) of [Polish nobility](/source/szlachta), administratively located in the Bielsk County in the [Płock Voivodeship](/source/P%C5%82ock_Voivodeship_(1495%E2%80%931793)) in the [Greater Poland Province](/source/Greater_Poland_Province%2C_Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland) of the Kingdom of Poland.{{cite book|author=|title=Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN](/source/Polish_Scientific_Publishers_PWN)|page=3}} In 1869 Drobin lost its town status.{{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}} It was restored in 1994. A battle was fought nearby on August 15, 1920, during the [Polish-Soviet War](/source/Polish-Soviet_War).{{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](/source/Museum_of_Independence)|issue=2/2 (3)|page=129|issn=1427-1443}} During the [German occupation of Poland](/source/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)) ([World War II](/source/World_War_II)), the Germans renamed the town ''Reichenfeld'' to erase traces of Polish origin, and operated a [forced labour](/source/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II) camp for Poles and Jews there.{{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}}{{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}} Some prisoners of the camp were executed. {{clear|left}} ==Sports== The local [football](/source/Association_football) team is Skra Drobin.{{cite web|url=http://www.skradrobin.eu|title=skradrobin.eu|accessdate=2 April 2021|language=pl}} It competes in the lower leagues. ==References== {{reflist}} ==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 {{Płock-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Drobin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drobin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drobin?action=history)). 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