Końskie
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| Coordinates: 51°12′N 20°25′E / 51.2°N 20.417°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie | ||
| County | Końskie County | ||
| Gmina | Gmina Końskie | ||
| Established | 11th century | ||
| Town rights | 1748 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Krzysztof Marek Obratański | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 17.68 km2 (6.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 20,667 | ||
| - Density | 1,168.9/km2 (3,027.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 26-200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 41 | ||
| Car plates | TKN | ||
| Website | http://www.umkonskie.pl | ||
Końskie [ˈkɔɲskjɛ] (
listen) is a town in central Poland with 22,300 inhabitants (1995).
Situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kielce Voivodeship (1975-1998). Most of the towns inhabitants were in the late 80s and early 90s employed in a local Huta (Steel Mill). Since 1997 the town has been slowly but surely developing into a major trade hub for small business owners.
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[edit] History
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The oldest trails of settlement in the vicinity is dated to XI century.
Once a major hotspot for Polish Resistance during World War II, the Armia Krajowa gave the Germans terrible beatings in the forests -- which were countered by Germans executing Jews, where German army feared to enter for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, they eventually developed effective counter-insurgency techniques resulting in capturing many thousands of Poles and executing them.[citation needed]
[edit] Jewish History of Końskie
A history of the Jewish population of Końskie (known as Koinsk during the Russian occupation or Kinsk in Yiddish - קינצק / קינסק among the Jews) including the time period of the Holocaust can be seen at Konskie (Kinsk) - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume I. The pre World War II Jewish population of the town was about 6,500 comprising about 2/3 of the total town population[1] "Ha'Arayah She'Li: Sefer Ha'Zikaron Le'Yehudei Konskiyah (Hebrew)(2001) The KOINSK ORGANIZATION of Israel, is an unofficial group of people with ties to the town[citation needed]. They meet once a year at The Diaspora Museum close to the 25th of the Jewish month of Cheshvan to commemorate the "final" murder of the Jews of Konskie by the Germans Nov 9-11, 1942, when men, women and children were taken to Treblinka II to be gassed to death. Approximately 600 Jews were murdered by the Germans and their collaborators including Ukrainians, Lithuanian, Latvian and even some Polish police. Some died on the way to Treblinka. In the subsequent January 1943 "Aktion" in the Konskie Ghetto, remaining Jews were ferreted out from attics and other hiding places and murdered by Germans, Ukrainians and other volunteer "auxiliaries"[citation needed].
[edit] Notable buildings and landmarks
Classicistic park palace complex founded by Jan Małachowski in XVII century (based on Pillnitz complex) including:
- Egyptian orangery (Egipcjanka)
- Greek Temple (now theatre)
- Glorietta
- Gazebo (Altanka)
- two of palace wings (now residence of municipal council)
- community party building that was a pig slaughterhouse built by the SS out of Jewish gravestones from the Konskie Jewish cemetery.
- Spire built by the SS out of Jewish gravestones from the Jewish cemetery.
- Cemetery for German soldiers killed in WWI is quite respected, as of course, is the Polish one.
- Home of Jankiel Pelta at ul. Pilsudskiego 42 that was 38 Maja-ego 3 til the address was changed after WWII in the hopes that the returning Jews would have difficulty locating their properties. This was done across Poland, Lithuania, and other countries.
Late gothic church of Saint Nicholas, 1492, with the romanesque tympanum from the 13th century. Pralat Zapart leads this parish.
Końskie Synagogue built 1684, burned in 1939. Its embers and metal remnants remain in Konskie. However, Pralat Zapart and other locals refuse to reveal where that is.
[edit] Famous people born in Końskie
- Jacek Małachowski
- Stanisław Małachowski
- Andrzej Szejna
- Rabbi Yoav Weingarten, author of Helkat Yoav (OCLC 19138821), Rabbi of Końskie till his death in 1922[1]
- Rabbi Meir Weingarten, last rabbi of Konskie, appointed in 1922[1] and murdered in Treblinka
[2] "Ha'arayah She'li: Sefer Zikaron Le'Yehudei Konskiyah-Kinsk-Konsk" by the Irgun Yotzei Koinsk
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Końskie is twinned with: Šaľa, Mohyliv-Podilskyi
[edit] Source
- ^ a b c Pessach Goldberg, Danuta Dabrowska, Abraham Wein Jakubowicz, Aharon Weiss (1976). Pinkas ha-kehilot. Encyclopedia Shel ha-Yishuvim ha-Yehudiyim Le-min hivasdam ve-ad le-ahar Sho'at Milhemet ha-olam ha-sheniyah. Polin. Jerusalem, Israel: Yad Vashem. pp. 240–243. ISBN 9653080075. OCLC 22956042.
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Coordinates: 51°12′N 20°25′E / 51.2°N 20.417°E
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