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Kielce has a history back over 900 years, and the exact date that it was founded remains unknown. [2] Kielce was once an important centre of limestone mining, and the vicinity is famous for its natural resources like copper, lead, uranium, and iron, which, over the centuries, were exploited on a large scale.
The Kielce pogrom was an outbreak of violence toward the Jewish community centre's gathering of refugees in the city of Kielce, Poland, on 4 July 1946 by Polish soldiers, police officers, and civilians [1] during which 42 Jews were killed and more than 40 were wounded.
Pages in category "History of Kielce" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Kielce Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire. Coat of arms, 1880 illustration. History. It was ...
The church became in 1805 the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Kielce. The cathedral is a shrine of Our Lady of Graces ( Matka Boża Łaskawa ). The icon of Blessed Virgin Mary was crowned in 1636, but the silver-gold dress together with many votive offerings , left as thanksgivings, were stolen.
St. Adalbert's Church in Kielce (Polish: Kościół św. Wojciecha w Kielcach) is a Catholic church in Kielce, Poland. The site is considered the oldest sacral monument in Kielce, [1] predating the city rights of Kielce itself. According to older tradition, it was the site where Saint Adalbert was martyred. [2]
Kielce County (Polish: powiat kielecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
Pages in category "Kielce" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...