, built between 1946 and 1973. Pyry, historically known as Pery, was founded in the 18th century, originally being a southern extension of the village of
Imielin. It was a farming community with a few households. On 30 November 1898, the Pyry
narrow-gauge railway station was opened at the current intersection of
Puławska, Akustyczna, and Leśna Streets. It was operated by the
Grójec Commuter Railway, as part of the line between
Warszawa Mokotów and
Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą stations. It was closed on 1 December 1969. The presence the railway station had greatly increased development of the village. A team of mathematicians employed by it, consisting of
Marian Rejewski,
Jerzy Różycki, and
Henryk Zygalski, was the first to decipher coding of the
Enigma machine in 1932. They continued their work and shared their
decryption techniques there with British and French intelligence agencies in June 1939. Currently, since 2002, it houses the Air Operations Centre and Air Component Command of the
Polish Air Force. On 8 September 1939, Pyry was captured by the
German forces during their
invasion into Poland in first days of the
Second World War. Between 1946 and 1973, the
Sts. Apostles Peter and Paul Church was built at 434 Puławska Street, belonging to the
Catholic denomination. The Pyry Cemetery was also opened nearby at Łagiewnicka Street in 1946. Currently, it is located within the nearby neighbourhood of
Jeziorki. In 1996, the neighbourhood of Pyry was established as an administrative unit governed locally by an elected council. It was a subdivision of the
municipality of
Warsaw-Ursynów, which was replaced by the city district of Ursynów in 2002. Its status was reconfirmed in 2013. In 1998, the district of Ursynów was subdivided into thirteen areas of the City Information System, with Pyry becoming one of them. In 1998, the Rodan Systems Building was opened at 465 Puławska Street. It was awarded the First Degree Award of the
Minister of the Interior and Administration in 1999, and is regarded as a prime example of the 1990s and
post-communist architecture in Poland. == Characteristics ==