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Wolomin was first mentioned in the chronicles from 15th century. It remained a small village in central Masovia without much significance. Since 19th century, and especially after the foundation of the railway in 1862, Wolomin became the place for summer holidays of Warsaw citizens. In the beginning of 20th century the Wolomin glassworks were founded.
Wolomin was declared town in 1919. In 1920 near Wolomin the Polish counter-attack in Battle of Warsaw was conducted. In the interbellum Wolomin retained its status as a multinational town. There was a big Jewish and RussianThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With minority.
Polish writer Zofia NalkowskaJulian Tuwim and Zofia Nalkowska in Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw Zofia Nalkowska ( 1884, Warsaw, Poland 1954, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish writer. Born into a family of intellectuals dedicated to the socialist cause, she was to become one of Poland's most d had a house in Wolomin, which became an inspiration of her 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu book House over meadows ( PolishPolish polski jezyk polski is the official language of Poland. History Polish has been influenced by contact with foreign languages (foremost Latin, Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian and recently it has been virtually bombarded by English, especiall Dom nad lakami). During World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough Jews from Wolomin were moved to Warsaw GhettoThe Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany in Poland during the Holocaust in World War II. In the three years of its existence, starvation, disease and relocations to concentration camps dropped the population of t and exterminated by the GermansThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east. Most of the Russian community has escaped westwards, before the arrival of the Red ArmyThis article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. See Red Army Faction for the German militant group; Japanese Red Army for the Japanese militant group; and People's Liberation Army for the Chinese Red Army. Red Army and RKKA are abbreviations f.
In 1944 a minor battle was fought near the town between Russian armoured units and German infantry. Russian losses were high and the Red Army was forced to retreat.
After the war, Wolomin became a capital of the Wolomin powiat and started to grow rapidly. The window assembly plant was founded and Wolomin soon became a suburb of Warsaw. Even today most of the towns inhabitants commute to Warsaw on a daily basis.
After 1989 Wolomin's glassworks were shut down in the big recession slowdown. However, the technology of production of temperature resist glass, invented in the facility, allowed the factory to continue production and recover under new ownership.