Natolin, Warsaw

Natolin is a neighbourhood and a City Information System area located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is a predominantly mid-rise multifamily residential area, with a smaller presence of low-rise single-family housing in the southwest.

Most of its area consists of the mid-rise multifamily housing estates of Natolin and Wyżyny. In the southwest is also located the neighbourhood of Moczydło, consisting of low-rise single-family housing. The area also includes the Natolin station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground system. Additionally, the neighbourhood is widely associated with the Natolin Park, that contains Potocki Palace. They are placed just outside its boundaries, within the district of Wilanów.

By 1528, the small farming community of Moczydło was present in the area. Between 1780 and 1783, the Potocki Palace, designed in the Neoclassical style, was also constructed nearby. It became a residence of the Czartoryski and, later, Potocki families. The palace was rebuilt in its current form in 1838. In 1879, a horse stable was built in Moczydło, and the village became specialised in breeding horses for the local upper class. In the 1930s, it became a supplier for the newly opened, nearby Służewiec Horse Racing Track, and remained as such until Second World War. The area was incorporated into Warsaw in 1951. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the housing estates of Natolin and Wyżyny, consisting of multifamily residential buildings, were constructed in the neighborhood. In 1995, the Natolin station of the Warsaw Metro opened.