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Cegłów is a small village placed in eastern Poland in Mazovian voivodship. It is situated in Mińsk Mazowiecki county in Cegłow borough. This locality is situated 5km from national road no.2 which is a part of the international road E30. It is also 55km far from the Warsaw city center. In Cegłow there is a train station on Moscow-Berlin trunk line. In Cegłow there is a primary school connected with junior high school. In February 2009 referendum was conducted, which refered to the choice of the school’s patron. The majority of citizens decided to call it the school of The Courageous Scouts of Cegłów. The local football team is called Jutrzenka Cegłów.

The history of the village:

The legend about the name of the village used to be handed down from generation to generation: “(…) Travelling Slavic tribes used to settle in woods, on glades or by rivers. One of numerous tribes under the command of Cember, settled down in a glade among trees. He decided to stay here forever, because of the wealthy land, presence of the river full of fish, and a forest inhabited by quarry(…)” “(…) Local people discovered good clay, of which they started to create vessels(…), apart from vessels, they began to create bricks (pol. cegła). Houses made of wood were replaced by brick houses. The old name Cembrowo, changed into Cegłowo.” Cegłów is one of the oldest villages on the south-eastern Mazovian voivodship. It is placed in the right border part of old Czersk area. This part of Mazovia overspread along both sides of Vistula river. Beginnings of the village can be estimated around pre-historical ages because it is placed by the river Mienia. There are also plenty of archeological treasures found nearby dated for 3500 B.C. These are remnants of the young stone age settlement one kilometer far from Ceglow to the east on a sylvan dune. In 1934 there was found ceramic fragments characteristic for this culture. In 60s of the 20th century the flint workshop was discovered, which might be as old as the end of the ice age. Archeologists found flint tools and other tool, that have not been finished yet. All those were set in The Museum of Archeology in Warsaw. Cegłów was mentioned as a trade village even in 14th century. By that time it had belonged to Augustian church in Warsaw. Being located between trade routes leading to Minsk Mazowiecki, Kaluszyn, Latowicz and Sennica gave Ceglow opportunities to develop. It had an influence on land use and settlement. Thank to the communication between other cities, Ceglow have developed; trade and craft made progress as well. In many years, Ceglow was the main pottery center. In interwar period, two workshops were opened: Mieszczanek and Mirosz. These days, only potter’s wheel, and combusted clay kops. It is worth attention, that in Ceglow there used to be the glasshouse. The founding of the glasshouse reach 16th century. Thank to the privilege given by Zygmunt III Waza on 16th February 1621, Ceglow obtained city rights, and permission to organize 2 markets a week, and 3 county fairs a year. Markets were on Mondays and Fridays, whereas fairs were in June and in September twice. Location privilege gave local people the right to produce beer and other liquors for internal usage. The new town received administration and judicature what could let town to have its own administrational precinct. After the war, Ceglow became the borough village, and was placed in Mazovian county. During the communistic times it owes its development to the location near the railway track Warsaw – Terespol.

Religion:

Mariavitism was created at the end of 19th century on Polish ground under the Russian occupation. The word Mariavitism comes from latin (mariae vitam) what means to “imitate the life of Virgin Mary”. The date of creation of this religious movement is said to be 2nd August 1893. When Mieszko I was baptized in 966, one of the first bishoprics in Poznan was settled. It ranged the whole Greater Poland, and bigger part of Mazovia, also lands spreading far to the east of Vistula river even to southern and eastern borders of the voivodship. The Ceglow village was ranged by Archdeaconry Czersk and the parish of Latowicz. In 1517 Ceglow was the property of Poznan bishops. The original wooden church of John the Baptist and Andrew the Apostle was founded near 1450. Te church, probably built in gothic style, was situated in today’s church parsonage. Sponsors of this temple were Anna Holszanska – Mazovian princess one of Jagiellonians Wladyslaw’s wife, and bishop Andrzej z Bnina. The only existing part of the temple is door mounted in the southern wall of current church.

Ceglow’s monuments:

Ceglow is one of the reachest in monuments villages on the area of old Czersk ground. Between the other monuments for the biggest attention deserve:

1.	Late Gothic Parish Church

2.	Four Baroque Alters in the Parish Church dated on 19th century

3.	Baroque Wooden Ambo form 18th century

4.	Feretories

5.	The painting of Crucifixion with Saint John and Mother of God

6.	Two Baroque Goblets

7.	Neo-Baroque Reliquary

8.	The Altar Crucifix

9.	The Greek revivalist tin candle holder

10.	The Baroque Baptismal Font

11.	Granit Round Stoup

12.	Chasubles from 16th to 18th centuries

13.	The Greek revivalist space for frankincense

14.	Neo-Baroque copper pitcher

15.	The Greek revivalist tray for oils

16.	Wooden collator bench

Ceglow as the center of sport, culture and education:

Even in interwar period in Ceglow there was intensively developed sport activity. There were football and volleyball teams. After war come into being LZS- Ceglow connected with LZS- Mienia. There were attempts to lead athletic activities but because lack of volunteers the idea was refused. There was also ‘Jutrzenka’ sport club. Beyond organized sport activity, individual activity had been developed. It is worth mentioning that one of the Ceglow citizens Henryka Laskus became the champion in cycling. As a nurse working on epidemiology she travelled to different cities in Minsk Mazowiecki county and trained at the same time.