Karczew was granted town rights by Polish King
Sigismund I the Old in 1548. Administratively it was located in the
Masovian Voivodeship in the
Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. During the
invasion of Poland, which started
World War II, Karczew was captured by German troops, who then carried out a massacre of 75
Poles at the local market square on September 11, 1939. Three Poles from Karczew were murdered by the Russians in the large
Katyn massacre in 1940. In 2014 ferries to
Gassy started service. According to people working on this project, the main problem was the official "no-entry" car regulation, despite roads being in the vicinity. Without cars it was not economically feasible, and after this problem was solved by removing this rule, the ferries began service. ==Sports==