Książ Wielki
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Miechowski | ||
| Gmina : | Książ Wielki | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 27 ' N , 20 ° 8' E | ||
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| Postal code : | 32-210 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 41 | ||
| License plate : | KMI | ||
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| Street : | Droga krajowa 7 | ||
Książ Wielki is a village in the powiat Miechowski of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with around 5150 inhabitants.
Książ Wielki is located approx. 45 km northeast of Kraków on the national road DK 7 .
history
The first written mention of Książ Wielki comes from the year 1120. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries it is said to have existed as a wooden fortification that was destroyed several times. At the end of the fourteenth century Książ Wielki received city rights under Magdeburg law. In 1556, as part of the Reformation, a synod was held on the merger of the Polish and Lithuanian Calvinists . The castle was built in 1595. The village was largely destroyed twice, in 1655 by Swedish troops during the Second Northern War and in 1702 during a flood. After the January uprising , Książ Wielki lost its town charter in 1869. On September 6, 1939, the village was occupied by German troops and taken by the Red Army on January 14, 1944 .
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In 1949 the high school ( Liceum ogólnokształcące ) was established in the castle.
From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to the Kielce Voivodeship .
local community
The rural community (gmina wiejska) Książ Wielki includes 22 villages with school boards. It has an area of 137.8 km² and has seven schools.
Attractions
- Church of St. Wojciecha
- Augustinian monastery with the Church of the Holy Spirit from 1381 and the monastery from 1741 with churchyard and enclosure
- 16th century castle
Personalities
Rabbi David Spiro (1901–1970) was born here and the Renaissance architect Santi Gucci (1530–1600) died in the village.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dz. U. z 1975 r. No. 17 poz. 92 (PDF Polish; 802 kB)
- ^ Monument register: Church (register number: 90 from January 15, 1969 and 972 from March 21, 1978); Kloster (register number: 110 of February 8, 1969 and 971 of March 21, 1978); Castle (register number: 115/3/57 from January 24, 1957 and 979 from July 3, 1978). List of listed buildings in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Polish, accessed on December 22, 2012) ( Memento of the original of October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.5 MB)
