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Sadyba

Sadyba is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Mokotów. It is a residential area with low-rise single-family housing in the south and high-rise multifamily housing in the north.

In 1887, there was built the Fort IX, as part of the series of fortifications surrounding the city, and the area was incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. Throughout the 1920s, within the area were developed single-family housing neighbourhoods of Sadyba and Garden City of Czrniaków. In the 1970s, in the neighbourhood were developed high-rise apartment buildings. In 2000, there was opened the Sadyba Best Mall, one of the oldest shopping centres in Poland.

In 1887, the Fort IX was opened to the south of the village of Czerniaków, on Powsińska Street. It was constructed by the Russian Imperial Army, as part of the Warsaw Fortress, a series of fortifications surrounding the city. It was decommissioned and partially deconstructed in 1913. Additionally, to the west was also built the Fort Che, with remains of its moat, now forming a small pond within Sadyba, known as Bernardyńska Woda.

In 1907, at 44/46 Powsińska Street was founded the Czerniaków Cemetery.

On 8 April 1916, the area was incorporated into the city of Warsaw, becoming part of the district of Mokotów.

In 1919, a series of single-family houses were constructed alongside Gorczerwska Street, stretching between Czerniaków Lake and Posińska Street. In the early 1920s, in the area of Czerniaków Lake was developed a neighbourhood of villas, called the Garden City of Czerniaków (Polish: Miasto-Ogród Czerniaków). It was designed following the garden city movement, and later there were also built houses inspired by Polish manor houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

Between 1924 and 1928, around the Fort IX, and with its outer boundary marked by Okrężna Street, was constructed the neighbourhood of Sadyba. It consisted of detached and semi-detached single-family houses. It was developed by the Sadyba Officer Construction and Housing Association (Polish: Oficerska Spółdzielnia Budowlano-Mieszkaniową „Sadyba”), founded in 1923 by officers of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, with major Władysław Kuntz and general Józef Zając at its helm. First residents moved in in 1926, which included families of 28 initiators of the neighbourhood, and numerous officers of the Polish Armed Forces, including veterans of the First World War and the Polish–Soviet War. In 1933 was founded the Association of the Friends of Garden City of Czerniaków, which was given the ownership of the Fort IX by the city. In 1936, the remains of the fortifications on the eastern side of Powsińska Street were destroyed, with the area being developed into a park, later named Szczubełek Park in 1993.

During the siege of Warsaw in the Second World War, the Fort IX was used as defensive position by the Polish Land Forces, including the 2nd Battalion of the 360th Infantry Regiment and other volunteers. The fortification was attacked by the Wehrmacht on 26 September 1939, and following heavy fighting, captured after its defenders capitulated. During the Warsaw Uprising, the fort was abandoned by German soldiers on 7 August 1944, used by the Oasis Battalion of the Polish resistance. On 1 September, Sadyga was attacked by German forces, greatly outnumbering Polish defenders. On that day, a bomb was dropped from a plane onto the fort, killing leader of Oasis Battalion, Czesław Szczubełek, and 24 others members. The neighbourhood was captured the next day. It survived the conflict with almost no destruction to its buildings.

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