Starachowice
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Holy Cross | ||
| Powiat : | Starachowice | ||
| Geographic location : | 51 ° 3 ' N , 21 ° 4' E | ||
| Residents : | 48,646 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Postal code : | 27-200 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 41 | ||
| License plate : | TST | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Rail route : | Skarżysko-Kamienna – Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | ||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
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| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Borough | ||
| Residents: | 48,646 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Community number ( GUS ): | 2611011 | ||
| Administration (as of 2015) | |||
| City President : | Marek Materek | ||
| Address: | ul. Radomska 45 27-200 Starachowice |
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| Website : | www.um.starachowice.pl | ||
Starachowice (from 1939 to 1949 Starachowice-Wierzbnik ) is a medium -sized town in Poland in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship . It is the seat of the Powiat Starachowicki .
history
The city was only founded in 1939 through the merger of the industrial area Starachowice and the city of Wierzbnik , the latter having received city rights in the 17th century. Up until the end of the 1980s, Starachowice was an important industrial city in which the Star truck works with almost 17,000 workers, foundries, a component factory and companies in the wood processing industry existed. Today the city has to struggle with high unemployment as a result of the increasing loss of heavy industry.
traffic
The city's most important train station, Starachowice Wschodnie, is located on the Łódź – Dębica line , is served by a pair of long-distance trains per week and is the start of the Starachowice – Iłża narrow-gauge railway . The Starachowice and Starachowice Michałów stops are still on the Łódź – Dębica line.
Attractions
- The Holy Trinity Church from the 17th century was heavily rebuilt towards the end of the 19th century.
- Old hut with outbuildings from the second half of the 19th century. Now the natural history and technology museum 'Jan Pazdur' is located here. In addition to the hut and the blast furnace, a paleontological exhibition and a hall with vehicles from the company 'Star' can be visited.
- Ruins of the old metal factory in the Michałów suburb from the first half of the 19th century.
- Around Starachowice there are extensive forests (partly protected landscape areas ) with marked hiking trails and some lakes.
- In the middle of the city there is a quarry 400 meters long and up to ten meters high.
economy
A competence center for bus production for the MAN Truck & Bus Group has been located in Starachowice since 2012 . Buses for city traffic are manufactured at the site.
Personalities
- Krystyna Janda (born 1952), actress
- Bogusz Bilewski , actor
- Janusz Kuczynski , historian, professor at Warsaw University
- Tadeusz Sokol , poet and editor
- Katarzyna Bargielowska , actress
- Slawomir Fundowicz , scientist, chancellor in the Episcopal Ordinariate Radom
- Janusz Radek (* 1968), representative of sung poetry
- Mateusz Borkowski (* 1997), athlete
Twin cities
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .