{{see also|Radzymin, Płońsk County}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Radzymin | image_skyline = 19 Konstytucji 3 Maja in Radzymin 01.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Registry office in Radzymin | image_flag = POL Radzymin flag.svg | image_shield = POL Radzymin COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Masovian Voivodeship|name=Masovian}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Wołomin | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Radzymin | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Krzysztof Chaciński | established_title = Established | established_date = 13th century | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1475 | area_total_km2 = 23.32 | population_as_of = 2008 | population_total = 8818 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|52|25|N|21|11|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 05-250 | area_code = +48 22 | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = WWL | blank_name_sec2 = Highways | blank_info_sec2 = 32px|link=Expressway S8 (Poland) | website = http://radzymin.pl }} '''Radzymin''' ({{IPA|pl|raˈd͡zɘ.min|pron|LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Radzymin.wav}}) is a town in Poland and is one of the distant suburbs of the city of Warsaw.{{TERYT}} It is located in the powiat of Wołomin of the Masovian Voivodeship. The town has 8,818 inhabitants (as of 2008, but the surrounding commune is heavily populated and has an additional 11,000 inhabitants).
==History== [[File:Cmentarz wojskowy w Radzyminie - mogiła bohaterów 1920 (3).JPG|thumb|left|Grave of Polish troops fallen in the Battle of Radzymin (1920)]] Radzymin dates back to the Middle Ages. It was mentioned in a document of Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw from 1440. It was granted a town charter in 1475.<ref>{{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=64–65|isbn=978-83-226-1616-1}}</ref> Since then, the town shared the fate of the nearby city of Warsaw, located only {{convert|25|km|mi|sp=us}} away. It was a private town owned by Polish nobility, administratively located in the Warsaw County in the Masovian 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=4}}</ref>
It was annexed by Prussia in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. In 1807, it was regained by Poles and included within the newly formed, however short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. During the Austro–Polish War of 1809, it was the site of the Battle of Radzymin (1809), which ended in a Polish victory. Following the duchy's dissolution in 1815, the town fell to the Russian Partition of Poland. During the January Uprising, on July 30, 1863, a skirmish between Polish insurgents and Russian soldiers took place there. Russian soldiers surrounded a Polish insurgent unit, but after a short battle the Poles managed to break through the encirclement and escape towards Kałuszyn.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zieliński|first=Stanisław|title=Bitwy i potyczki 1863-1864. Na podstawie materyałów drukowanych i rękopiśmiennych Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|year=1913|language=pl|publisher=Fundusz Wydawniczy Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswilu|location=Rapperswil|page=40}}</ref> Following World War I, in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of the town. During the Polish–Soviet War, in August 1920, it was the site of the Battle of Radzymin (1920), in which Poles defeated the invading Russians.
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany. In August 1944, it was the site of the Battle of Radzymin (1944) between Germany and the advancing Soviet troops.
==Marecka Kolej Dojazdowa== The Marecka Kolej Dojazdowa ({{langx|en|Marki Commuter Railway}}) was a narrow gauge railway in Poland connecting Warsaw with Marki and Radzymin active from 1896 to 1974.
==Sports== The local football club founded in 1923 is Mazur Radzymin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rksmazur.pl|title=RKSMazur.pl|accessdate=20 February 2022|language=pl}}</ref> It competes in the lower leagues, and is currently co-funded by one of its players, rapper Quebonafide.<ref name=Krychowiak>{{Cite web |title=Grzegorz Krychowiak zagra w Polsce. Oto jego nowy klub. Co za sensacja! |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/inne-ligi/grzegorz-krychowiak-zagra-w-polsce-oto-jego-nowy-klub-co-za-sensacja/nm9v75k |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet |language=pl}}</ref> In 2025, Mazur signed former Poland internationals Jakub Rzeźniczak<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bobakowski |first1=Piotr |title=Koszmarny debiut Rzeźniczaka w nowym klubie. Skończyło się na 0:5 |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-nozna/1203531/jakub-rzezniczak-ma-nowy-klub-to-byl-koszmarny-debiut-w-okregowce |website=sportowefakty.wp.pl |access-date=10 August 2025 |language=pl |date=9 August 2025 |trans-title=Rzeźniczak's nightmare debut at his new club ended in a 0-5 loss}}</ref> and Grzegorz Krychowiak.<ref name=Krychowiak/>
==Transport== Radzymin has a station on the Warsaw Northern Bypass Railway Line which runs from Tłuszcz to Legionowo.
==Notable residents== * Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (1792-1874), hasidic rebbe *Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845–1929), linguist, best known for his theory of the phoneme and phonetic alternations *Julian Ochorowicz (1850–1917), philosopher, psychologist, inventor, poet, and publicist *Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991), writer and Nobel laureate in Literature (born in Leoncin, but lived in Radzymin during his childhood though some sources claim Radzymin as his birthplace).<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1978/ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978], retrieved on October 19, 2007.</ref> *Leon Weinstein (1910-2011), Polish resistance fighter
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==External links== * [http://www.radzymin.pl radzymin.pl] * [http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/city/radzymin/ Jewish Community in Radzymin] on Virtual Shtetl
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Category:Cities and towns in Masovian Voivodeship Category:Wołomin County