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25-843: The mills of Pionki and Zagożdżon were first mentioned in medieval documents in 1391. Both settlements were royal villages, administratively located in the Radom County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Until 1932, the settlement was a village named Zagożdżon . Its development was closely associated with Chemical Plant Pronit ( Zakłady Tworzyw Sztucznych ZTS Pronit ), founded in 1923 as State Manufacturer of Gunpowder and Explosives ( Państwowa Wytwórnia Prochu i Materiałów Kruszących PWPiMK ). Originally, it

50-639: The Castellan of Lublin. Local sejmiks took place in Lublin. The entire area of the voivodeship was located east of the Vistula river, and its boundaries did not change from the time of its creation (1474), until its dissolution by Austrian authorities in 1795, after the third and final partition of Poland. After 1795, the entire Lublin Voivodeship became part of Austrian province of West Galicia . After

75-738: The Duchy of Kraków ), the Duchy of Sandomierz created Lesser Poland , divided into Kraków and Sandomierz Voivodeships. Sandomierz Voivodeship was also one of the voivodeships of Congress Poland . Created in 1816 from the Radom Department , in 1837 it was transformed into the Sandomierz Governorate . Sandomierz Voivodeship in its original shape was one of the largest provinces of the Kingdom of Poland . After Lublin Voivodeship

100-625: The Radom Voivodeship . In 1957–1991, the largest vinyl record pressing plant in Poland was located in Pionki. The town is home to a sports club Proch Pionki, established in 1926. Punk rock band The Bill comes from Pionki. Polish musician Andrzej Piaseczny was born there. Pionki are twinned with: Sandomierz Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo Sandomierskie , Latin : Palatinatus Sandomirensis )

125-895: The Sejm were elected, as well as two deputies to the Lesser Poland Tribunal in Lublin (...) The soil in the northern part of the voivodeship was sandy, while in its center and south it was very rich. In the area of Opatow, famous wheat was produced, called sandomierka or opatowka. There also were large forests, as well as deposits of marble, copper, iron and lime (...) Among oldest urban centers of Sandomierz Voivodeship were Sandomierz, Wislica , Nowy Korczyn , Zawichost , Radom . Main castles were at Chrobrze, Osiek, Ilza , Checiny , Janowiec nad Wisla. Most important monasteries were at Lysa Gora, Sieciechow, Opatow, Wachock and Koprzywnica". Voivodeship Governor ( Wojewoda ) seat: Regional council (sejmik generalny) seats: In 1397, part of

150-455: The Land of Sandomierz together with the Land of Lublin . The Duchy of Sandomierz was thus created (...) During the reign of Wladyslaw Lokietek , the duchy was turned into a large voivodeship. In ca. 1471, the Land of Lublin was separated from it (...) The area of Sandomierz Voivodeship was 467 square miles, with 374 Roman Catholic parishes, 100 towns, and 2,586 villages. In 1397 left bank part of

175-577: The Lands of Old Poland gives a detailed description of Lublin Voivodeship together with the Land of Łuków: "The fact that the area between the Vistula and the Bug River belonged to Poland during the reign of Bolesław Chrobry , is confirmed by chronicles from the times of the Piast dynasty . Jan Długosz writes that the Land of Lublin was densely inhabited by farmers and other settlers, but its population

200-748: The Polish victory in the Austro-Polish War of 1809, the former Lublin Voivodeship was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw . After the duchy's dissolution, since 1815, it was part of the Russian-controlled Congress Kingdom . Among major towns of contemporary Poland, which belonged to the voivodeship are Biłgoraj , Kraśnik , Lubartów , Leczna , Opole Lubelskie , Łuków, Parczew , Puławy , Radzyń Podlaski , Siedlce , and Świdnik . Zygmunt Gloger in his book Historical Geography of

225-583: The Sandomierz Voivodeship which was located on the western bank of the Vistula , was divided into three counties: In 1662, Sandomierz Voivodeship consisted of the following counties: Sandomierz Voivodeship was also a proposed voivodeship of Second Polish Republic , which never was created because of the Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 . The idea of creation of this unit

250-725: The Vistula and the San , creating Lublin Voivodeship. This was confirmed by the Sejm in Piotrków Trybunalski in 1474. First voivode of Lublin was Dobieslaw Kmita of Wiśnicz (...) Total area of the voivodeship was 200 sq. miles, out of which Lublin County took 105 sq. miles, Urzedow County approximately 60 sq. miles, and the Land of Łuków – 35 sq. miles. In the 16th century, it had 34 towns, 663 villages and 82 Roman Catholic parishes (...) The voivodeship had two senators, which were

275-605: The Voivode and the Castellan of Lublin. The sejmiks took place in Lublin, where six deputies were elected to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , and two deputies to the Lesser Poland Tribunal. Local pospolite ruszenie met near Lublin, and the voivodeship several starostwos , located in Lublin, Łuków, Urzedow, Parczew , Kazimierz Dolny , Wawolnica , Kakolewnica , Zbuczyn and others (...) Of

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300-411: The most dangerous jobs at a local gunpowder faculty. In late 1941, a ghetto was established and Jews from surrounding towns brought there, resulting in a population of around 700 and such severe overcrowding that some people lived in the street. Some local Poles were helpful in providing food for the impoverished residents. In August 1942, some of the healthier workers were sent to live at a work camp while

325-414: The province was divided into three counties – Sandomierz, Radom and Checiny . In the early 16th century the voivodeship had 9 counties: Sandomierz, Wislica , Checiny, Opoczno , Radom, Szydłów , Stezyca , Pilzno and Tarnów . By late 16th century, Tarnow county was annexed by Pilzno county, while Szydlow county was divided between Wislica and Sandomierz (...) Sandomierz Voivodeship had nine senators:

350-671: The rest were sent to the Zwolen ghetto and then, in late September, to the Treblinka extermination camp . They were immediately murdered there by gassing. The number of Pionki Jewish survivors was small, but at least eight. In April 1944, the Germans executed 10 Polish resistance members in Pionki. In 1919–1939, and after the war, until 1975, Pionki belonged to the Kielce Voivodeship . In 1975–1998, it administratively belonged to

375-496: The voivode and the castellan of Sandomierz, and castellans of Wislica, Radom, Zawichost , Żarnów , Malogoszcz , Połaniec and Czchow . The voivodeship had several starostas , who resided in such towns, as Sandomierz, Radom, Checiny, Opoczno, Nowy Korczyn , Stezyca, Wislica, Pilzno, Stopnica , Solec nad Wisla , Zawichost, Szydlow, Przedborz , Ropczyce , Ryczywol , Radoszyce , Ryki , Zwolen , Gołąb and others. Local sejmiks took place at Opatow , at which seven deputies to

400-518: The voivodeship remained unchanged from 1474 to the first partition of Poland (1772), when the Habsburg monarchy annexed the area south of the Vistula , with Dębica, Kolbuszowa, Mielec, Nisko and Tarnów. Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland gives a detailed description of Sandomierz Voivodeship: “Duke Boleslaw Krzywousty , before his death in 1138, divided Poland between his four sons, giving Henryk

425-559: Was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of the Lesser Poland region and the Lesser Poland Province . Originally Sandomierz Voivodeship also covered the area around Lublin , but in 1474 its three eastern counties were organized into Lublin Voivodeship . In the 16th century, it had 374 parishes, 100 towns and 2586 villages. The voivodeship

450-522: Was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1474 out of three eastern counties of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting until the Partitions of Poland in 1795. Together with Sandomierz Voivodeship and Kraków Voivodeship , it was part of historic Lesser Poland (see Lesser Poland Province ). Lublin Voivodeship had two senators in the Senate of the Kingdom of Poland: the Voivode and

475-648: Was an arms factory, which manufactured explosives, and its location was deliberate - next to the village of Zagożdżon, among the forests and swamps of the Kozienice Wilderness, away from main population centers, and along the strategic rail line Radom- Dęblin . After World War II , the Chemical Plant Pronit began manufacturing glue, plastic , as well as gramophone records . In the interbellum period, Pionki prospered due to government contracts, as demand for explosives of its chemical plant

500-531: Was based on the Sandomierz ziemia , which earlier was the Duchy of Sandomierz . The Duchy of Sandomierz was created in 1138 by King Bolesław III Wrymouth , who in his testament divided Poland into five principalities. One of them, with the capital at Sandomierz, was assigned to Krzywousty's son, Henry of Sandomierz . Later on, with southern part of the Seniorate Province (which emerged into

525-741: Was bombed by the Luftwaffe and afterwards the Germans occupied the town. In addition to the other destruction, the Germans brutalized the Poles and the small Jewish population of around 200. As part of the AB-Aktion , in June 1940, the Germans carried out mass arrests of Poles, who were afterwards imprisoned and tortured in Skarżysko-Kamienna and then murdered in a forest near Skarżysko-Kamienna. Many Jews were conscripted for slave labor including

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550-563: Was created out of its eastern territories, the province stretched from Białobrzegi in the north, to the area north of Krosno in the south (the town of Krosno itself belonged to Red Ruthenia ). It included such cities and towns of contemporary Poland, as Dębica , Dęblin , Iłża , Kielce , Kolbuszowa , Końskie , Kozienice , Lipsko , Mielec , Nisko , Opoczno , Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , Pińczów , Pionki , Radom , Ropczyce , Ryki , Stalowa Wola , Starachowice , Staszów , Szydłowiec , Tarnów , Tarnobrzeg and Włoszczowa . The shape of

575-612: Was decimated in 1244, during a raid carried out by the Lithuanians , the Old Prussians , and the Yotvingians , after which it turned into a desert (...) First castellans of Lublin were mentioned in 1230. They resided in a defensive castle, and this land was part of the Duchy of Sandomierz (...) King Casimir IV Jagiellon , aware of the fact that Sandomierz Voivodeship was too large, separated parts of it located behind

600-400: Was high. In 1925, a new rail station was opened, three years later - a post office. In 1929, overhead power line joined Pionki with Skarżysko-Kamienna , and a vocational high school was opened. Later on, a new police station was opened, and in 1937, the construction of a hospital was initiated. During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland , which started World War II , in 1939, Pionki

625-664: Was the brainchild of Minister of Industry and Trade Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski , and it was directly linked with creation of one of the biggest economic projects of interbellum Poland, Central Industrial Region . It was to cover south-central Poland, and most probably, it was to be created in late 1939. Its projected size was 24.500 square kilometers, and it was to incorporate 20 or 21 powiats . 50°40′52″N 21°44′40″E  /  50.681049°N 21.744507°E  / 50.681049; 21.744507 Lublin Voivodeship (1474%E2%80%931795) Lublin Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo Lubelskie ; Latin : Palatinatus Lublinensis )

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