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39-524: Kraśnik is located in Lesser Poland, among the hills of Lublin Upland , 49 kilometers south-west of Lublin . The town is divided into two major parts, which are a few kilometers apart: Kraśnik Fabryczny and Kraśnik Lubelski (or Kraśnik Stary, Old Kraśnik ). The town has an area of 25.28 square kilometers, of which arable land makes up 45%, and forests 17%. Kraśnik Lubelski is the original part of

78-574: A busy merchant road from Silesia to Kyiv , Kraśnik in the 14th century belonged to the Gorajski family. In 1403, it had a parish church of Saint Paul , and in 1410, as a dowry of Anna of Goraj, it passed into the hands of the Tęczyński family . Later on, it belonged to other families, such as the Radziwiłłs , and in 1604, the town was purchased by hetman Jan Zamoyski . Until 1866, Kraśnik belonged to

117-542: A city established to support the steel industry . Stalowa Wola is home to the sports club Stal Stalowa Wola . Stalowa Wola is located in the lowlands of the Sandomierz Basin , near the San river. Even today sixty percent of the total area within its administrative borders (82 square kilometres (32 square miles)) consists of natural pine forests, remnants of once extensive and primeval Sandomierz Forest . The name of

156-609: A defensive church, surrounded with a high wall, and a castle, built in the 14th century on a hill surrounded by swamps. By 1646, the castle was already neglected. In 1657, it was completely destroyed by the Swedes. Until the Third Partition of Poland (1795), Kraśnik belonged to Lublin Voivodeship, then passed into Austrian hands. In 1807 it was included in the short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw , and from 1815 until 1915

195-573: A forest between Kraśnik and Urzędów . The government of the Second Polish Republic planned a new settlement, built from scratch, for 6,000 people around the new Ammunition Factory No. 2, FLT-Kraśnik. After the war, the settlement of Dąbrowa Bór was expanded, and in 1954 its name was changed to Kraśnik Fabryczny. In the 1960s, a number of single-family houses was built, later on, several blocks of flats were constructed. On October 1, 1975, Kraśnik Fabryczny merged with Kraśnik Lubelski, and

234-675: A line runs east to Zamość , via Zwierzyniec . The ZMKS is the city's main public transit agency, operating a fleet of buses in Stalowa Wola and the surrounding districts. The city is a home for the professional football club Stal Stalowa Wola . They play their home matches at the Subcarpathian Football Center , opened in 2020. Moreover, the city is known from the amateur football club Parafialny Klub Sportowy San Rozwadów, that compete in Klasa A . Stalowa Wola

273-413: A sports club Stal , which was founded in 1948. Kraśnik is twinned with: Former twin towns: In 2019, Kraśnik's city council has adopted an LGBT-free zone resolution, which led to the city's budget losing 10 million euros from EEA and Norway Grants , getting expelled from a European Union twin town cooperation program and losing twin town status with Nogent-sur-Oise . In 2021, an appeal to repeal

312-691: A subcamp of Majdanek . There was another labor camp in Kraśnik called the WIFO Labor Camp, or the Kraśnik Labor Camp (also called Zwangs Arbeitslager Skret ), located in the ghetto at Szkolna and Bóżnicza streets. It had a similar number of people in it (around 3,000), most of whom were murdered. From a population of more than 5,000 Kraśnik Jews, only an estimated 350 survived the Holocaust; most or all of these survivors left Poland. Kraśnik has

351-593: Is a geographical region in southeastern Poland, located in Lublin Voivodeship , between the rivers Vistula and Bug , around the city of Lublin . Its area is about 7,200 km and its highest elevation 314 m above sea level. It is located in Lublin Voivodeship . In its southern portion it becomes the Roztocze range, and in the north, it turns into Lublin Polesie (Polesie Lubelskie). Biggest cities of

390-606: Is a nationally important armament center for the Polish army. Based on the military profile of design, production and sales, Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. offers armament equipment. The Stalowa Wola Power Plant, part of the Tauron Group, also plays a leading role in the city's economic life. On 09.09.1997 the Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone "Euro-Park Wisłosan" was inaugurated. The land, which includes

429-406: Is an area of just under 1,000 hectares, located to the south of the existing plants, intended for industrial investments related to supporting the development and implementation of modern technologies in the fields of energy, electro mobility, transportation, hydrogen technology, aviation or automotive. The first major investment is a plant for the production of copper foil for the automotive industry,

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468-566: Is one of the youngest cities of Poland. It was built from scratch in the late 1930s in the forests surrounding village of Pławo. The city was designed to be a settlement for workers of Huta Stalowa Wola (known in 1938 to 1939 as Zakłady Poludniowe or Southern Works ), a plant built as part of the Central Industrial Region . The name "Stalowa Wola" translates to "Steel Will" in English, reflecting its origins and purpose as

507-591: The Kingdom of Poland , it was located in the south-eastern corner of the Sandomierz Voivodeship , near the border with Red Ruthenia . The city of Stalowa Wola was built on the site where the village of Pławo once stood, between the ancient towns of Nisko and Rozwadów . The first mentions of Pławo come from the first half of the 15th century. At the nearby village of Przyszów, there was a hunting lodge of King Władysław Jagiełło , built before 1358. In

546-636: The Southern Works , as the mill was then called, was started in dense pine forests around Pławo in March 1937. Among other things, the plant manufactured artillery cannons. Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland , which started World War II in September 1939, the city was occupied by Nazi Germany . During the war, Stalowa Wola was one of the centres of the Home Army . The settlement

585-544: The TriCity ( Gdańsk , Gdynia and Sopot ) and Hel . The city has several railway stations that include: Stalowa Wola , Stalowa Wola South , Stalowa Wola Centre and Stalowa Wola Rozwadów , and is a main rail junction. All four stations are located on the main Przeworsk – Skarżysko-Kamienna line. Additionally, Stalowa Wola Rozwadów provides a northern connection with Lublin and, from Stalowa Wola South ,

624-559: The Holocaust after having been affected by World War I only some 20 years earlier. Jews in Rozwadów were a religiously observant community, i.e. traditional or Orthodox in practice. The leading rabbi of Rozwadów, similar to other rabbis of the region, followed Hasidism practice and was of the Horowitz family. In New York, a Rozwadower Rebbe established a small synagogue on the upper West Side , which continued for many decades after

663-477: The Road 74 went through the center of Kraśnik, but now there is a by-pass. Kraśnik Fabryczny was founded in the late 1930s, as a settlement for State Ammunition Factory No. 2 ( Panstwowe Fabryka Amunicji nr. 2 ), one of the enterprises built as part of the Central Industrial Region . Previously, in the location of Kraśnik Fabryczny there was the village of Dąbrowa Bór, placed a few kilometers northwest of Kraśnik, in

702-563: The Zamoyski family. The town frequently suffered from fires, it was also destroyed by the Swedes in 1657, during the Deluge . Since the 14th century, Kraśnik was surrounded by a rampart , and ca. 1465, stone-brick walls were built on initiative of Jan Tęczyński, with two gates - Lublin Gate and Sandomierz Gate . The walls were demolished in the second half of the 19th century. Kraśnik also had

741-747: The area of Kazimierz Dolny , Bochotnica and Kraśnik. Furthermore, due to its rich and fertile black soil , Lublin Upland is one of the best developed agricultural regions of the nation, with wheat, tobacco and hops fields. Most important local plant, however, is the sugar beet , which resulted in the presence of several sugar refineries. Forested areas are few, with most of them located in the south (see Solska Forest ). There are three landscape parks located in Lublin Upland: Kazimierz Dolny Landscape Park, Wieprz River Landscape Park, and Krzczonow Landscape Park. Most important tourist centers are Lublin, Zamość, Kazimierz,

780-586: The area of the Stalowa Wola Subzone, belonged to Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. , which, as a result of restructuring, had unused assets in the form of production buildings, not fully completed halls, storage rooms and developed plots for industrial development. The Stalowa Wola subzone is an active area of the Tarnobrzeg Special Economic Zone EURO-PARK WISŁOSAN, covering an area of 280 hectares. Entrepreneurs operating on

819-512: The basis of permits issued by the Industrial Development Agency S.A. have incurred investment outlays here in the amount of PLN 1.71 billion, with total employment reaching almost 6,000 employees. On 31.07.2021 an agreement was signed on the establishment of the company "Euro-Park Stalowa Wola" to manage the newly created investment zone. The zone was given the name "Strategic Investment Park - Euro-Park Stalowa Wola". It

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858-518: The factory was started up again, this time to produce ball bearings (the first factory to do that in Poland). As with much of the Lublin district, Kraśnik was a major center of Judaism , with 5,000 Jews (almost 50% of the population) prior to World War II . Historical accounts place Jews in the area in 1531, but the official right to settle there was granted to Jews in 1584. In 1654, Jewish residence

897-553: The fledgeling State of Israel . Stalowa Wola is one of the leading highly developed industrial centers in the Subcarpathian province. More than 6,000 enterprises operate here - nationally and internationally recognized companies. The dominant industries are concentrated around machinery, armaments, aluminum, metal, foundry, steel, wood, construction. Investors from all over the world, including Korea, China, USA, Scandinavia, Germany, have located their capital here. Stalowa Wola

936-456: The front. Later on, the line was expanded, and now it joins Lublin with Stalowa Wola . In 1938 Kraśnik was selected as the location for an ammunition factory (see Central Industrial Region ). The factory was not finished by the time World War II broke out in 1939, and during the German occupation it was used to manufacture parts for Heinkel planes and other purposes. After the war, in 1948,

975-518: The investor is Korean technology giant SK Nexilis . Stalowa Wola is an important point on the commercial map of the northern part of the Subcarpathian province. The city is home to shopping malls and centers, food, construction and furniture supermarkets. Polish State Railways (PKP) provides scheduled connections to Lublin , Warsaw , Kraków , Katowice , Wrocław , Rzeszów , Przemyśl and Odesa (in Ukraine ). Summer connections are available to

1014-510: The late 15th century, Pławo was a royal village. In 1656, the area of Pławo was the site of a battle between Polish and Swedish armies. Here, in the confluence of the San and Vistula , Swedish troops of King Charles Gustav were surrounded by Stefan Czarniecki (see Swedish invasion of Poland ). Until the Partitions of Poland , Pławo belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship . From 1772 to 1918, it

1053-552: The mill, Stalowa Wola has a large power plant, opened Spring 1939. In 1988, the city was one of the centres of workers' protests (see 1988 Polish strikes ). Currently, Stalowa Wola is the third-largest city of the voivodeship, with a population of 60,000. The Rozwadów suburb of Stalowa Wola was a thriving Jewish shtetl prior to World War II and was closely associated with Tarnobrzeg and other nearby shtetls including Ulanów , Mielec , Dzików etc. These communities, infused with vitality before 1939, were utterly destroyed during

1092-502: The region are Lublin, Chełm , Zamość , Puławy , and Kraśnik . In some geography works, the term Lublin Upland (or (Eastern Lesser Poland Upland, Wyzyna Wschodniomalopolska) is used to describe all Polish uplands located east of the Vistula river. In this case, Roztocze, with its highest point (Wielki Dzial, 390 meters above sea level) also makes part of Lublin Upland. The upland is famous for its loess valleys, which are numerous in

1131-621: The spa of Nałęczów , Puławy and Józefów . Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola ( [staˈlɔva ˈvɔla] ) is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 58,545 inhabitants, as at 31 December 2021. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship . The city lies in historic Lesser Poland near the confluence of the Vistula and the San rivers, and covers an area of 82.5 km (31.9 sq mi). Stalowa Wola

1170-848: The town of Rozwadów (now a district of Stalowa Wola) and the surrounding villages and towns. He saved an estimated 8,000 Polish Jews from certain death in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust , performing his services in utmost secrecy under the threat of capital punishment. Following the Holocaust , the remaining Jews were motivated to seek a new start in Palestine , thanks to Berihah 's efforts. A community of former Rozwadów citizens had been established in New York City and continued its affinity long after World War II. Many former Rozwadów citizens of Jewish backgrounds moved to

1209-583: The town was in the Russian Empire ( Congress Poland ). In August 1914, the town and surrounding area were a focal point of Battle of Kraśnik , an opening battle of the World War I struggle between Russia and Central Powers over control of Galicia . During the war, the town gained its first railway connection, as a line was built through it by the Russians in 1914 in order to deliver supplies to

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1248-470: The town where all historic buildings are located. It is made of several districts, such as Old Town, Bojanówka, Koszary, Góry, Zarzecze, Kwiatkowice , and Osiedle Kolejowe . Kraśnik Lubelski has old churches and the oldest cemetery of the town, as well as a rail station, a bus station and main administrative offices of the county. It is also a major road junction, where future Expressway S19 (current National Road No. 19) meets National Road No. 74. Until 2010,

1287-543: The town, Stalowa Wola, can be roughly translated into English as “steel will” and comes from a statement made by General Tadeusz Kasprzycki , Minister of Military Affairs of Poland in the late 1930s in which he declared that the new Polish industrial development plan of the Central Industrial Area symbolizes the steel will of the Polish nation to modernize itself . The area of today's Stalowa Wola belongs to historic Polish province of Lesser Poland . In

1326-451: The villages of Budzyń and Piaski, creating the town of Kraśnik. Currently, Kraśnik Fabryczny has some 20,000 inhabitants. The area of Kraśnik was first settled in the 13th century, and the town received its city charter in 1377, by King Louis I of Hungary . At that time it belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship , one of two voivodeships of Lesser Poland ( Lublin Voivodeship was created in 1474, out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodeship). Located on

1365-577: The vote by the mayor was rejected by the town council. The resolution was finally overturned on April 29, 2021. On 24 September 2020, Kraśnik councilors voted to consider the ban on 5G mobile telephony in the city. Support was given to the petition of the "Poland Free from 5G Coalition Association" (pl: Stowarzyszenie Koalicja Polska Wolna od 5G) , which also provides for an order to dismantle Wi-Fi networks in schools. Lublin Upland Lublin Upland ( Polish : Wyżyna Lubelska )

1404-531: The war. There is a link to a yizkor book about Rozwadów which gives further notes on the Jewish life there. The Rozwadów synagogue was, until World War II , located on Attorney Street in the lower east side of NYC . During World War II , Dr. Eugene Lazowski , a military doctor of the Polish underground Home Army , Armia Krajowa , created a fake epidemic of dangerous infectious disease , Epidemic Typhus in

1443-574: Was captured by the Red Army in August 1944, and on April 1, 1945, Stalowa Wola received its town charter. In 1948, the mill was renamed as Huta Stalowa Wola and in 1953, a separate urban county of Stalowa Wola was created. In 1973, the town of Rozwadów was annexed, followed in 1977 by the village of Charzewice. At its peak in the 1970s, the mill employed 35,000 people, with branches scattered across southern Poland, from Radomsko to Strzyżów . Apart from

1482-833: Was officially limited to the area near the synagogue, but in practice this was not rigidly enforced. Following the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II, Kraśnik was taken over by the Soviets in 1939 and later by the Nazis during Operation Barbarossa . It was the site of the Budzyń concentration camp , where the prisoners worked for the Heinkel Flugzeugwerke factory on aircraft production. This camp, with around 3,000 Jews, became

1521-521: Was part of the Austrian province of Galicia and remained an insignificant, privately owned village. In early 1937, the government of the Second Polish Republic accepted the project of the Central Industrial Area , which included the construction of a brand new steel mill , together with a settlement for the workers. Before the outbreak of World War II , some departments of the mill were operational and several blocks of flats were built. Construction of

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