Surely, whispers from the forest carry tales of Białołęka Dworska. This settlement exists in Warsaw’s northeastern reaches. Białołęka Dworska is an MSI area in the Białołęka district. It is surrounded by forests between a railway line from Warsaw to Gdańsk and Ornecka Street.
Białołęka Dworska shares borders with Józefów, Choszczówka, Szamocin, Tomaszew, Żerań, Płudy, Wiśniewo, and Henryków. Single-family homes populate this area. The northern part of Białołęka Dworska was once known as Różopole and Łapigrosz. These areas are now part of Warsaw’s Choszczówka.
Białołęka Dworska was part of a noble village from 1425. In the early 17th century, Bishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki owned Białołęka. Jan Kazimierz then gifted it to the Jesuits in the mid-17th century. Białołęka appears in Tarchomin church chronicles near the end of the 16th century. At that time, the Tarchomin parish included areas up to Radzymin. It formed a single entity that later split into Białołęka Wieś and Białołęka Dworska.
In 1661, there were 38 houses. By 1789, there were 63. The village belonged to Mrs. Szamocka. She was a Warsaw sword-bearer’s wife. In the 19th century, Białołęka was part of the Bródno municipality. New settlements and farms gradually appeared on the outskirts of Białołęka. These included Aleksandrów, Brzeziny, Annopol, Konstantynów, Marywil, Różopole, and Ustronie.
The Weinstock brothers owned Białołęka Dworska until 1912. They were likely German colonists or Jews. Countess Ordęga succeeded them. From 1918, Count Rej and his representative Kozakiewicz took over. In 1927, Białołęka Dworska began parcelling from Wałuszewska Street.
The resulting settlement housed dozens of families before the war. These families included railway workers, tram workers, and craftsmen commuting to Warsaw by train. Several farms were also on its outskirts. Houses were mostly ground-level and wooden. Buildings were loosely spaced in the wooded area. From 1929, Białołęka Dworska developed rapidly. In 1934, residents established a four-department elementary school in a private house on Majorki Street.
In April 1930, engineer Wacław Nowak created a parcel plan for Białołęka Dworska. He placed 1,252 plots on 313 hectares. The average area was approximately 2,000 square meters. The estate was designed very modernly for its time. The project’s author designated locations for a school, playing field, marketplace, church, and park. He planned roundabouts at main street intersections. These streets were wide and resembled those of Żoliborz or Saska Kępa.
Administratively, Białołęka belonged to the Bródno municipality. In 1938, Białołęka had about 700 residents. It was divided into Białołęka Dworska and Białołęka Szlachecka.
War began for Białołęka Dworska on September 1, 1939. German bombers flew over Białołęka en route to Warsaw from East Prussia. Around September 12-13, soldiers from broken Polish divisions passed through Białołęka Dworska. On the morning of September 15, 1939, the last cavalry squadron galloped through Białołęka Dworska. At noon, the first German patrols appeared. German units occupied the entire Białołęka area to the Vistula and Żerań Canal. Dozens of German guns began intensely shelling Warsaw.
During the occupation, the settlement’s development completely stopped. From 1942 to 1944, several executions took place. About 150 meters north of Płudy train station, Jews were shot. The last months of 1944 were most tragic. Germans gathered elite SS troops here. In autumn 1944, Soviet troops attempted to push out the Germans. Battles were long and fierce. The Herman Göring division defended these areas. Soviet tanks seized part of Białołęka Dworska on September 17, 1944. The Germans counterattacked and retook the settlement. On October 10, Soviet troops launched another attack. The front line ran through Białołęka Dworska. Thousands of guns fired for two hours. Hundreds of soldiers died. The Herman Göring division repelled the Soviets.
Białołęka Dworska changed hands several times. Finally, it became free in 1944. A few residents hid in bunkers. Ruins and rubble were everywhere. Lidzbarska Street is a war memento. It was a tank road between Białołęka Dworska and Choszczówka. It was well-compacted by tracks. It was used after the war. Traces of war are still visible today. These include trenches, anti-aircraft gun positions, and shelters.
After the war, Białołęka Dworska was rebuilt. In 1951, Białołęka Dworska became part of Warsaw. It was part of the Praga-Północ district. On September 3, 1962, elementary school number 110 opened on Bohaterów Street.