Truskolasy
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Silesia | ||
| Powiat : | Kłobucki | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 51 ′ N , 18 ° 50 ′ E | ||
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| Postal code : | 42-134 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 34 | ||
| License plate : | SKL | ||
Truskolasy is a village in the Wręczyca Wielka municipality in the Kłobucki powiat in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland . In 2008 it had 2044 inhabitants. Truskolasy is located about eleven kilometers southwest of Kłobuck and 68 kilometers north of the Silesian capital Katowice .
history
The community was mentioned for the first time in the Liber beneficiorum dioecesis Cracoviensis of the historian and geographer Jan Długosz and later in a document from the province of Kraków from 1564. A wooden church from the early 18th century still exists today.
Due to the nearby iron ore deposits, a mining industry and metallurgy quickly developed in the region . Preserved iron crosses from the early 19th century in a city cemetery testify to the skills of the locals. In the 19th century a factory for tablespoons was also established.
The village was mostly inhabited by Jews, in 1921 there were 266. In September 1939, about half of the village was burned down by the National Socialists and 75 people, mostly Jews, were murdered.
traffic
The Droga wojewódzka 494 ( provincial road ) passes through the place.
Sports
The city football club Olimpia Truskolasy plays in the fourth highest league in the country.
Personalities
- Jakub Błaszczykowski (* 1985), football player
- Jerzy Brzęczek (born 1971), football player
- Jerzy Marchwiński (* 1935), pianist and music teacher
