Ćmielów

Coordinates: 50°53′25″N 21°30′53″E / 50.89028°N 21.51472°E / 50.89028; 21.51472
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Ćmielów
Ruins of Ćmielów Castle
Ruins of Ćmielów Castle
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Websitehttp://www.cmielow.pl/

Ćmielów

porcelain factories dating back to 1790. The town history dates back to 14th century. It has several tourist attractions, in addition to its old porcelain factory, including ruins of a 16th-century castle and a church from the same period. Ćmielów belongs to Lesser Poland, and lies on the Kamienna river in the Sandomierz Upland, 10 kilometers east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
, along local road nr. 755.

History

Village

First mention of the village comes from the 14th century. In 1388, brothers Marcin and Mikołaj from Baruchów sold the village and the castle to knight Gniewosz of Dalewice. In 1425 Ćmielów was bought by Jan of Podłodów, then the village was acquired by the noble Szydłowiecki family. At that time what today is Ćmielów was divided into two villages - Ćmielów itself, located in the vicinity of the castle, and nearby Szydłów. Both villages were merged in 1505, when in

Alexander
granted town charter to the town of Ćmielów.

Town

The new town remained in the hands of the Szydłowiecki family, which turned it into one of their residences. Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki invested in the castle, making it a Renaissance palace (1519-1531). In 1606, Ćmielów passed into the hands of the Ostrogski family.

Prosperity of the town came to an end during the

a porcelain factory. Following other towns of northern Lesser Poland, Ćmielów, which after the Partitions of Poland belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland lost its town charter in 1869, as a punishment for the January Uprising. In 1915 it received a rail station, along a route from Skarżysko-Kamienna to Sandomierz
.

World War II

When the Germans occupied Ćmielów in September 1939, they began immediately to rob and starve the Jewish community. In June 1942, the Nazi Germans set up a Jewish ghetto in Ćmielów for about 1,500–2,000

Treblinka killing camp where they were immediately murdered by gassing.[2][3]

Further information:
Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland

Few of the Jewish community survived; after the war 16 Jews registered in the town but none stayed.[4]

Modern town

Ćmielów regained its town charter in 1962. Among points of interest are the ruins of the castle, parish church (first built in the late 14th century), roadside chapel (1850s), and the St. Florian figure.

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 28 July 2022. Data for territorial unit 2607044.
  2. Museum of the History of the Polish Jews
    ). Accessed July 6, 2011.
  3. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7
    .
  4. ISBN 1-56324-463-2
    .

External sources

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