Natolin is a neighbourhood and a City Information System area located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów.
[1] It is a predominantly mid-rise multifamily residential area, with a smaller presence of low-rise single-family housing in the southwest.
[7][2] The area also includes the Natolin station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground system.
In the 1930s, it became a supplier for the newly opened, nearby Służewiec Horse Racing Track, and remained as such until Second World War.
[7][17][18] It was owned by Dąbrowski family until 1725, when it was sold together with Wolica to Elżbieta Sieniawska, owner of the Wilanów Estate for the price of 60,000 złoties.
In 1730, the estate owners, Maria Zofia Czartoryska and August Aleksander Czartoryski, leased it to king Augustus II the Strong, who turned it into the pheasantry.
It was designed in French Baroque style, with paths braniching out away from the main building, similarly to those in Palace of Versailles.
[14][15] Following the end of the war, the farmlands of Moczydło were nationalised, and in 1956, they were donated by the state to the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
[23][24] During the Warsaw Uprising, and following its end, the palace was devastated and plundered by German forces, together with other wealthy buildings in Natolin.
[16] Beginning in 1981, throughout the 1980s, between Pileckiego, Stryjeńskich, and Przy Bażantarni Streets, and Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, was constructed the housing estate of Wyżyny, consisting of large panel system multifamily residential buildings.
[5][6] Later, beginning in 1987, and continuing throughout the 1990s and 2000s, to the south and east were also constructed a series of housing estates of multifamily residential buildings, as part of the development of the neighbourhood of Natolin.
[1] On 7 April 1995, there was opened the Natolin station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground syststem, placed at the intersection of Belgradzka Street and Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue.
[30] Between 2002 and 2004, in the area of 13 Stryjeńskich Street, was constructed a housing estate of VitaParc, consisting of five multifamily residential buildings.
[5][6][31] In the southwest, to the west of Stryjeńskich Street, is also located the neighbourhood of Moczydło, consisting predominantly of low-rise single-family housing.
[7][2] At the intersection of Belgradzka Street and Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue is placed the Natolin station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground system.
[39] Near Nowoursynowska Street also grows a pedunculate oak named Mieszko I, which with the age of around 600 years, is one of the oldest trees in Poland.