10 Facts About Serock

Serock is a town at the north bank of the Zegrze lake in the Legionowo County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, around 40 kilometres north of Warsaw.

Between 1113 and 1124, Serock was mentioned in a list as one of the most important princely castles of Mazovia, which operated a river crossing with a customs house.

In 1417, Serock was granted town rights under Chelmno law by Janusz I of Warsaw.

Serock was a royal town of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Masovian Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

Serock repeatedly was on the battle lines on the outskirts of Warsaw, including in 1794,1809 and 1831.

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Serock experienced a sizeable influx of Jews as a result of Russian discriminatory policies and the expulsion of Jews from Russian lands many soon emigrated to the Americas.

In September 1939, Serock was a place of fighting between the Poles and the invading Germans during the Invasion of Poland, which started World War II.

Under German occupation, Serock was annexed directly to the Third Reich, and the boundary between the Third Reich and the General Government proceeded along the Narew river.

In 1963 the Zegrze Reservoir was formed, and Serock developed as a popular vacation destination for inhabitants of nearby Warsaw.

Serock is at an intersection of national roads 61 and 62 which has bus connections but no railway connections.