Serock

Infobox Settlement
name = Serock
imagesize = 250px

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image_shield = POL Serock COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Legionowo
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Serock
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Sylwester Edwin Sokolnicki
established_title = Established
established_date = 11th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1417, 1923
elevation_m = 110
area_total_km2 = 12.48
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 3721
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52
latm = 30
lats = 47
latNS = N
longd = 21
longm = 4
longs = 10
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 05-140
area_code = +48 22
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WL
website = http://www.serock.pl Serock [IPA-pl|'|s|e|r|o|c|k] is a town at the north bank of the Zegrze lake in the Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,616 inhabitants (2004).

Serock has existed as a fortified Masovian settlement since at least 1065. It was granted city rights in 1417 and again in 1923.

Jews in Serock

Before World War II, there was a significant Jewish population in Serock. Today there are no Jews. In the summer of 2000, a visiting descendant of former residents, discovered that a number of gravestones (Matzevot) were piled up in the city park [http://www.izrael.badacz.org/zydzi_w_polsce/katalog_mazowsze_serock.html] . The stones had been gathered by a local non-Jewish resident who also roped off the area. In 2006, a visit by members of the Jewish Records Indexing-Poland project confirmed the situation and now an attempt is being made to restore or at least establish a memorial on the site of the former Jewish cemetery. The United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad [http://www.heritageabroad.gov/index.html] is involved under the guidance of The Honorable Lee R. Seeman.

External links

* http://www.serock.pl/