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Skarżysko-Kamienna - a town in northern Swietokrzyskie Voivodship (Poland) by Kamienna river, to the north of Swietokrzyskie Mountains; one of the voivodship's major towns.
History in brief
- 1173 - knights' congress in Milica village (now the town's district) led by Casimir II The Just
- 1923 - the commune of Kamienna becomes a town
- 1924 - National Ammunition Factory built (now MESKO)
- 1928 - town's name is changed to Skarżysko-Kamienna
- 1940 - Germans carry out mass executions of Poles (360 people executed in February and 760 - in June)
- 1942 - Germans set up a forced labour camp for Jews
- 1944 - liquidation of the labour camp
- 1945 - liberation of the town on 18th January
- 1969 - The White Eagle Museum established
- 1999 - Skarżysko county established as a result of the Local Government Reogranization Act (1998)
Worth seeing
- The White Eagle Museum (Muzeum im. Orla Bialego) - a military museum with Poland's second largest outdoor display, most items dating back to the World War II period
- indoor display - uniforms, ammunition, pistols and smaller guns, soldier equipment, photographs, documents etc.
- outdoor display - one of few ships in Poland displayed onshore (torpedo cutter Odwazny - The Brave), planes, tanks (including one of world's few preserved Sturmgeschutz IV machines), choppers, cannons etc.
External links
The Holly Heart of Jesus Church
- Skarzysko.pl (http://www.skarzysko.arjmm.pl/) - official site of the town's municipality (language - Polish)
- Skarzysko-Kamienna On-line (http://www.skarzysko.org/) - town's unofficial site (language - Polish; direct access to the sections below)
See also
sv:Skarzysko-Kamienna
