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37-732: The company was also one of the major investors in the Central Industrial Area . In 1937 it started building the State Munitions Factory No. 2 in Dąbrowa-Bór near Kraśnik and State Munitions Factory No. 5 in Jawidz near Lubartów . The construction was hampered by the outbreak of World War II. Following the start of the war and the German occupation of Poland , most of the assets of PWU were confiscated by

74-535: A triangle of security , an industrial region in the middle of the country, which would be secure from any aggression by Germany or the Soviet Union . The plan was finally approved in 1936 by the Polish government. By April 1938, the plan, which had already set in motion in some parts of the country, was expanded to the territories beyond those covered by the original plan for the most secure 'triangle'. The COP

111-675: 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

148-524: A secure haven for Polish industry. The idea of the safe triangle came from the thinking of the Polish military strategists during World War I and the Polish—Russian War in 1919–1920. This idea was upgraded during the late 1930s and many of the factories crucial to the war effort got distributed across the country. Moreover, the PZL.37 Łoś , a medium bomber, the factory was successfully moved and reassembled in

185-536: 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 a city established to support the steel industry . Stalowa Wola is home to the sports club Stal Stalowa Wola . Stalowa Wola

222-553: 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

259-644: Is an industrial region in Poland . It was one of the biggest economic projects of the Second Polish Republic . The 5-year-long project was initiated by a famous Polish economist, deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Treasury, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski . Its goal was to create a heavy industrial center in the middle of the country, as far as possible from any borders, strengthen the Polish economy and reduce unemployment . The four-year plan for

296-406: 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,

333-584: 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 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

370-554: 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 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

407-544: 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 ,

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444-681: The COP and similar projects, like the construction of the seaport in Gdynia , were the most outstanding achievements of the Second Polish Republic, marking the beginning of the new era of recently regained independence. The COP plan was continued by the communist government of Poland after the Second World War. However, as the end date for the plan was the end of July 1940, and Poland did not have sufficient capital to carry out

481-698: The Germans. The Polish government in exile "temporarily suspended" the Board of Directors of the PWU concern until the end of the war. In 1944 and 1945 most of the factories belonging to the PWU were completely destroyed. Some were later rebuilt, but the company itself was not reactivated after the war. This Polish history –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Industrial Area The Central Industrial District ( Polish : Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy , abbreviated COP ),

518-616: 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

555-413: The Second World War, with their rapid advances by extremely well-equipped infantry (better than even their British and French counterparts) and fast motorized forces (heavy losses suffered by Panzer divisions were one of the reasons, the Germans created, what became known after World War II was over, as blitzkrieg tactics ) and long-range air attacks, ensured that the COP region apparently failed to provide

592-586: 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

629-512: 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

666-475: 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

703-594: 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 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

740-610: The development of COP was scheduled from 1 September 1936 until 30 July 1940 and was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War and the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Nonetheless, the COP project succeeded in vastly expanding Polish industry, and after the end of the war in 1945 COP was rebuilt and expanded under the People's Republic of Poland . Starting in 1928, there were recurring attempts to create

777-573: The easternmost Poland that fell to the Soviet advance after September 17, 1939. In any event, the German dismemberment of Czechoslovakia outflanked Poland from the south and put the majority of COP factories in the direct path of German advance from Slovakia. During the German occupation, most of the factories were converted to contribute to the German war effort. After the war, the COP-initiated industrial enterprises were further expanded and for

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814-477: The entire plan on its own, few of the intended projects were completely operational before the war broke out, and many other ones were not launched at all. Consequently, their contribution to the equipment of the Polish Army in the run-up to the war was relatively insignificant, and did little to offset the crushing material superiority of the German armed forces. German encirclement and annihilation tactics in

851-544: The expansion of Zakłady Azotowe in Mościce . The military industry in the Staropolski Okręg Przemysłowy was expanded in the towns of Radom , Skarżysko-Kamienna , Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , Starachowice , and Kielce . Most of those investments were located in regions with high unemployment, and their construction succeeded in reducing social tensions and began to strengthen the Polish economy. The development of

888-512: The first half of 1938, the total population of all the COP's towns and cities grew by 20%. According to a press release from January 1939, out of 33 towns and cities located at the confluence of the San and the Vistula rivers, as many as 23 needed new schools. 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

925-553: 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

962-518: 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

999-571: 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 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

1036-485: The most part, continue to function until today. Melchior Wańkowicz , in his 1939 book Sztafeta , emphasized the fact that the quick growth of the COP's towns and cities was not followed by necessary investments in infrastructure, especially schools and housing. As Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny announced on January 10, 1939, in the first half of 1938, the population of Rzeszów grew by 24%, that of Sandomierz by 29%, Tarnobrzeg by 49%, and Mielec by 58%. Altogether, in

1073-531: The national average of 30%. There were several arguments for the location of the COP: The COP plan required a massive financial investment, just the development of the infrastructure and the military industry being estimated at 3 billion zlotys . As expectations of war grew, there was too little private investment in Europe in the late 1930s and so the Polish government carried most of the burden for financing

1110-623: 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 was captured by the Red Army in August 1944, and on April 1, 1945, Stalowa Wola received its town charter. In 1948, the mill

1147-539: 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 the Southern Works , as the mill was then called, was started in dense pine forests around Pławo in March 1937. Among other things,

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1184-726: The project. From 1937 to 1939, the COP had consumed approximately 60% of all Polish investment funds. The following industrial projects were part of the plan: a steel mill ( Huta Stalowa Wola ) and power plant in a brand new city of Stalowa Wola , a rubber factory in Dębica , an automobile factory in Lublin , an aircraft factory in Mielec , an aircraft engine and artillery factory in Rzeszów , hydroelectric power plants in Rożnów and Myczkowce , and

1221-848: 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

1258-531: 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

1295-446: 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 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

1332-487: Was located in the territories of the following former voivodeships : the eastern parts of Kielce Voivodship and Kraków Voivodship , the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship , and the western part of Lwów Voivodeship , or in other terms, 46 powiats , constituting 15.4% of the territory of Poland and inhabited by 17% of Poland's population. The urbanization factor of those territories was 17% (94 cities), compared to

1369-416: 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 the mill, Stalowa Wola has a large power plant, opened Spring 1939. In 1988,

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