Kunów

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Kunów

Coordinates: 50°57′31″N 21°16′59″E / 50.95861°N 21.28306°E

Country

Poland

Area

• Total

7.28 km² (2.81 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

3,127

• Density

430/km² (1,100/sq mi)

Postal code

27-415

Area code(s)

+48 41

Car plates

TOS

Website

http://www.kunow.pl/

Kunów [ˈkunuf] is a town in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,153 inhabitants (2004). It lies in Lesser Poland, on the Kamienna river, 8 kilometres (5 miles) northwest of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Kunów was granted Magdeburg rights in 1365, stripped of them in 1867, to again become a town in 1990. It is located along the European route E371, and the town has a rail station on the Skarżysko-Kamienna - Sandomierz line.

In the early Middle Ages Kunów belonged to the Archbishops of Kraków, who had a manor house here. In 1241 the village was raided by the Mongols (see Mongol invasion of Poland), and in 1247 it was destroyed by the army of Prince Konrad Mazowiecki. In 1365 King Kazimierz Wielki granted it town rights, and at that time Kunów was the seat of a parish whose area was 63 square kilometres (24 sq mi). The town belonged to Lesser Poland’s Sandomierz Voivodeship. In the 15th century powerful Cardinal Zbigniew Oleśnicki spent a lot of time in Kunów, which already had a wooden church of St. Władysław. In 1502 the town was completely burned by the Crimean Tatars, and as a result it temporarily lost its Magdeburg rights, regaining the privileges on August 29, 1535. In 1578 Kunów had 65 different artisans, and was famous for its white and red marble, used in construction of several palaces (such as the complex of Łazienki Park in Warsaw). By 1616 the town had 130 houses, a parish school and two churches, however after the catastrophic Swedish invasion of Poland (1655 - 1660), the number of houses was reduced to 63, with a population of 530.

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