Długosiodło


Długosiodło is a village in Wyszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Długosiodło. It lies approximately north-east of Wyszków and north-east of Warsaw.

History

Długosiodło was the site of the battle between the Duchy of Masovia knights and the combined force representing warriors and knights of Grand Duchy of Lithuania under chief Treniota and Ruthenians of Halych under prince Shvarno. Laden with booty and prisoners from their raid on Masovia.
Masovian knights lost the Battle of Długosiodło on August 5, 1262.
In September 1939, the Nazis occupied Długosiodło. In October the entire Jewish population was ordered to leave within the hour, abandoning their homes and taking only what they could carry.
The village has a population of 2,020.