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15-610: The oldest known mention of Skierniewice comes from 1359, although it had existed earlier. A palace of the archbishops of Gniezno already existed in the village at that time. Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457 and was vested with various privileges in 1456–1458. Administratively it was part of the Rawa Voivodeship of the Greater Poland Province until the Partitions of Poland . Skierniewice

30-624: Is twinned with: Notable people connected with the Skierniewice region: Archdiocese of Gniezno The Archdiocese of Gniezno ( Latin : Archidioecesis Gnesnensis , Polish : Archidiecezja Gnieźnieńska ) is the oldest Latin Catholic archdiocese in Poland , located in the city of Gniezno . The ecclesiastical province comprises the suffragan dioceses of Bydgoszcz and Włocławek . The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno

45-720: The Swedish invasion of Poland and epidemics, and in 1793 it was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland . Regained by Poles as part of the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw in 1806, in 1815 it became part of so-called Congress Poland and fell to the Russian Partition . In 1845 the Warsaw-Vienna Railway was opened, which passed through Skierniewice. Subjected to Anti-Polish and Russification policies, many inhabitants took part in

60-492: The Warsaw Uprising passed through it. On January 17, 1945, Skierniewice was captured by Soviet forces. Among the historic sights of Skierniewice are: Skierniewice is also next to Bolimów Landscape Park, a large park that attracts tourists for hiking, camping, and kayaking. Unia Skierniewice  [ pl ] and Widok Skierniewice  [ pl ] football clubs are based in Skierniewice. Skierniewice

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90-601: The Germans raided the town, bombing the railway station, as well as houses, the hospital and a church during a church service. Around 150 people were killed, and another 200 were wounded, 100 buildings were destroyed. Captured by the Wehrmacht on September 10, 1939, the next day German troops carried out an execution of 60 Poles in the town (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation ). On September 11–12, Adolf Hitler visited

105-578: The assassination of a German V-2 rocket expert. In 1941, expelled Poles from Kwiatkowo and Linne , were deported to Skierniewice. In May 1944, the Stalag 319 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs of various nationalities was relocated from Chełm to Skierniewice, and then eventually dissolved in August 1944. Afterwards the Dulag 142 transit camp was based in the city, and about 3,000 Poles captured during

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135-455: The older Diocese of Poznań . Led by Adalbert's half-brother Radim Gaudentius , the ecclesiastical province then comprised the suffragan dioceses in Kraków , Wrocław , and Kołobrzeg (extinct in 1015), and from about 1075 also Poznań. The position of the archbishops and their suffragans was confirmed in the 1136 Bull of Gniezno issued by Pope Innocent II . The Gniezno metropolitans held

150-728: The right to crown the Kings of Poland and in 1412 obtained the status of a Primate of Poland. From 1572, they acted as interrex regents of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . When on 16 July 1821 the Diocese of Wrocław was put under direct authority of the Holy See by Pope Pius VII , Gniezno was affiliated in personal union ( aeque principaliter ) with the Archdiocese of Poznań. The union of Poznań and Gniezno

165-552: The town. During the occupation , the Germans established a transit camp for Polish prisoners of war, later deported to Nazi Germany , and a ghetto for Jews , later deported to the Warsaw Ghetto and Nazi concentration camps . The Germans executed over 200 people in the town, however, the Polish underground resistance movement still operated there. Resistance activities included sabotage actions, secret Polish education and

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180-549: The unsuccessful Polish January Uprising in 1863 and in 1905–1906 Polish protests took place in the town. On September 15, 1884 it was the setting for the meeting of the Three Emperors' League . During World War I it was occupied by Germany , and after the war, in 1918, it became part of the re-established Polish state. During the invasion of Poland , which marked the beginning of World War II , in September 1939,

195-525: Was again dissolved with effect from 12 November 1948, when a personal union ( in persona episcopi ) between the Archdiocese of Warsaw and Gniezno was established. By Apostolic constitution of 25 March 1992, Pope John Paul II again divided the union between the archdioceses of Gniezno and Warsaw. 52°32′14″N 17°35′49″E  /  52.537121°N 17.596858°E  / 52.537121; 17.596858 Unia Skierniewice From Misplaced Pages,

210-581: Was established in 1000 AD on the initiative of the Polish duke Bolesław I the Brave . He had the relics of the missionary and martyr Adalbert of Prague ( Wojciech ) transferred to Gniezno Cathedral , which soon became a major pilgrimage site. Here Bolesław met with Emperor Otto III in the Congress of Gniezno , where the duke obtained investiture rights and created the Gniezno archbishopric, superseding

225-502: Was located on a trade route connecting major Polish cities Toruń and Lwów . Local merchants also participated in trade with Gdańsk , Lesser Poland and Podolia , as well as German states. One yearly fair took place since 1457, in 1527 King Sigismund I the Old established a second fair, and in 1641 the Sejm established two more fairs. The town suffered in the 18th-century as a result of

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