A village in the Warsaw Basin, situated opposite the estuary of the Narew to the Vistula, between two bridges over the Vistula River.
Mentioned in 1252 r. as Kazom owned by a monastery. From the 16th century. royal village. During the Swedish invasion of 1656 r. the construction of a bridge rampart by the Swedes. W 1660 r. property of Maria Ludwika Gonzaga – the wives of two Polish kings, Władysław IV and then Jan Kazimierz. W 2 half. 18th century. settlement of German colonists under Dutch law, who were to develop the areas flooded periodically by the waters of the Vistula. It was then that the division into K.
zuń Polski and Kazuń German. From the 19th century. construction of fortifications related to the Modlin fortress (a rampart with a pure bastion outline in the form of a pentagonal earth massif reinforced with a wall). W 1809 r. after the Battle of Raszyn in Kazuń, part of the Polish army crossed the Vistula. W 1813 r. in Kazuń (mainly in Modlin) the defense of the Polish and French troops against the siege of the Russians lasted for many months. The defense was initially commanded by Colonel Piotrowski, and then gen. Dandels (Belgian). At the turn of September and October 1831 r. in Modlin and Kazuń was the main point of resistance of the insurgents after the capitulation of Warsaw. The crew of the fortress was commanded by gen. Ignacy Ledóchowski. After 1831 r. The Russians expanded their fortifications. They were partially destroyed during World War I combat operations. W 1919 r. The School of Maritime Specialists was established here and a military port as a base for the Polish navy. 10-29 September 939. a heroic defense of Polish troops from 8 DP under the command of Col.. Teodor Furgalski. 16-17 September 1939 r. numbering approx. 500 soldiers, the Separate Unit under the command of Col.. Stanisław Sztarejka made a courageous foray to Leszno, disorganizing the German actions directed against the Polish troops located in the Kampinos Forest. W 1993 r. in Kazuń a parish under the invocation of. Christ the King belonging to the field ordinariate, as one of 14 in the Warsaw Military District.
Bridge abutment built by order of Napoleon in the 1806-13 wg proj. French specialists in the construction of fortifications, Gen.. François de Chasseloup-Laubat i gen. Franęois Haxo. Rebuilt by the Russians in 1832-41 according to the plans of gen. Iwan Dehn and Gen. Alexander Feldman. It consists of an outer shaft, moats, bastion on the projection of the crown and neck barracks. The barracks on a semicircular plan with an internal courtyard, on which the building of the former Orthodox church stood.