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Częstochowa (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ n s t ə ˈ k oʊ v ə / CHEN-stə-KOH-və, [2] [3] Polish: [t͡ʂɛ̃stɔˈxɔva] ⓘ, Silesian: Czynstochowy) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. [1]
The official order for the creation of the ghetto in Częstochowa was issued on 9 April 1941 by Stadthauptmann Richard Wendler.In addition to Jews from Częstochowa, more Jews were brought in by rail from nearby towns and villages of the Generalgouvernement part of occupied south-western Second Polish Republic, including from Krzepice, Olsztyn, Mstów, Janów, and Przyrów, on top of expellees ...
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna z Częstochowy; Latin: Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte, lit. 'Miraculous Image of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crystal Mountain'), also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boska Częstochowska) is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed ...
Poster advertising a friendly match between Raków Częstochowa and KKS Częstochowa, 1946. Sports club "Racovia" was established in 1921 in the village of Raków.The club dissolved in 1925 due to lack of registration.
Częstochowa City Council (Polish: Rada Miasta Częstochowy) is a unicameral governing body of the city of Częstochowa, the second biggest city in Silesian Voivodeship.It consists of 28 councilors elected in free elections for a five-year term (since 2018).
Częstochowa County (Polish: powiat częstochowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa (or simply Czestochowa), known also as the American Czestochowa is a Polish-American Roman Catholic shrine near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, founded in 1953. It houses a reproduction of the Black Madonna icon of Częstochowa, Poland.
Saint Joseph church. A Lusatian culture cemetery from around 750 BC–550 BC is located in Raków and it is now an Archaeological Reserve, a branch of the Częstochowa Museum. [3]