Brochów, Masovian Voivodeship

Brochów
Village
Church of St. Roch and John the Baptist
Brochów
Coordinates: 52°19′22″N 20°15′58″E / 52.32278°N 20.26611°E / 52.32278; 20.26611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Sochaczew
Gmina	Brochów
Elevation	70.0 m (229.7 ft)
Population	400

Brochów [ˈbrɔxuf] is a village (population 400) in Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Brochów^[1] and lies some 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Sochaczew and 52 km (32 mi) west of Warsaw.

It was in the church at Brochów that Mikołaj Chopin and Justyna Krzyżanowska, parents of future composer Frédéric Chopin, were married on 2 June 1806. Frédéric was baptized there on 23 April 1810.

During the Invasion of Poland in World War II, on 15 September 1939, Brochów was the site of a successful cavalry charge against German infantry by the 17th Wielkopolska Uhlan Regiment.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Brochów

Seat	Brochów

Other villages	Andrzejów Bieliny Brochocin Brochów-Kolonia Famułki Brochowskie Famułki Królewskie Górki Gorzewnica Hilarów Janów Janówek Konary Kromnów Łasice Lasocin Malanowo Miszory Nowa Wieś-Śladów Olszowiec Piaski Duchowne Piaski Królewskie Plecewice Przęsławice Sianno Tułowice Wilcze Śladowskie Wilcze Tułowskie Wólka Smolana

Coordinates: 52°19′22″N 20°15′58″E / 52.32278°N 20.26611°E / 52.32278; 20.26611

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