Radom

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Radom
Żeromskiego Street

Coat of arms
Radom is located in Poland
Radom
Coordinates: 51°24′N 21°10′E / 51.4°N 21.167°E / 51.4; 21.167
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County city county
Established 13th century
Town rights 1364
Government
 • Mayor Andrzej Kosztowniak
Area
 • City 111.71 km2 (43.13 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • City 223,914
 • Density 2,004.42/km2 (5,191.43/sq mi)
 • Metro 371,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 26-600 to 26-618
Area code(s) +48 48
Car plates WR
Website http://www.radom.pl
Bernadine church and monastery
City hall

Radom [ˈradɔm] ( listen) is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants (December 31, 2009). It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship (1975–1998); 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw. In spite of being part of the Masovian Voivodeship, the city historically belongs to Lesser Poland.

It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and best-attended air show in Poland, held during the last weekend of August. "Radom" is also the popular unofficial name for a semiautomatic 9 mm Para pistol of Polish design (the Model 35/ViS-35) designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypinski (hence the designation "ViS")[1], under Director Kazimierz Ołdakowski, which had been in production from 1935 to 1945 at the national arsenal located in the city. The Łucznik Arms Factory (still located in Radom) continues to produces modern military firearms such as assault rifles.

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[edit] History

The original settlement dates back to 8th–9th century. It was an early mediaeval town in the valley of the Mleczna River (approximately on the location of present-day Old Town). Around the 2nd half of 10th century, it turned into a fortified town called Piotrówka.

Radom was founded in 1340, its name comes from an ancient Slavic given name Radomir, and Radom means a grod, which belongs to Radomir. The town belonged to the Sandomierz Voivodeship (part of Lesser Poland) of the Kingdom of Poland, later Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Radom was an important center of administration, where the Crown Council was located, and where Pact of Vilnius and Radom was signed. At Radom's Royal Castle, the Nihil novi was adopted by the Sejm.

During the partitions of Poland, Radom was held by the Austrian Empire (as part of West Galicia). In 1815, in was part of Congress Poland, and shared the fate of it until World War One. In 1918 Radom returned to Poland.

Up to the Second World War, like many other cities in interwar Poland, Radom had a significant Jewish population. According to Russian census of 1897, out of the total population of 28,700, Jews constituted 11,200 (~39% percent).[2]

[edit] Important dates

[edit] Current events

In 2007, two pilots died in a fatal accident at the Air Show resulting in the cancellation of the rest of the event. On the 30th of August 2009, also during the air show, another two pilots who represented Belarus were killed when their plane crashed.

Radom was one of the main centres of the strike action taken by Polish health care workers in 2007.

[edit] Tourist attractions

St Waenceslaus church in the Old Town Square
founded by Leszek I the White, built in the 13th century in gothic style
St John the Baptist church
founded by Casimir III, built in the years 1360–1370 in gothic style, and re-constructed many times
Bernardine church and monastery
founded by Casimir IV of Poland, built in the years 1468–1507
Holy Trinity Church
built in the years 1619–1627 in the baroque style, burned in a fire and was rebuilt in the years 1678–1691
Gąska's and Esterka's Houses
16th / 17th century
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession
built in 1785
Building of city council
built in the years 1825–1827, designed in classical style by Antonio Corazzi
City hall
built in the years 1847–1848
Cathedral of Virgin Mary
built in the years 1899–1908 in neo-gothic style
Tool gates
built in the 19th century in classical style

[edit] Culture

Jacek Malczewski Museum

[edit] Philharmonic

[edit] Cinemas

[edit] Theatre

  • Jan Kochanowski Theatre www

[edit] Museums and art galleries

[edit] Transport

Radom is an important railroad junction, where two lines meet: east - west connection from Lublin to Łódź, and north - south from Warsaw to Kielce, and Kraków. The city is also located along European route E77, here the European route E371 begins, which runs southwards, to Slovakia. The famous Radom Air Show takes place at Radom-Sadków Airport, a military airport located 3,5 kilometers from the center of Radom, which in the future will be adopted for passenger use.

[edit] Education

Radom is home to about 20 schools of higher education:

  • Instytut Teologiczny Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Radomiu - department of theology
  • Kolegium Nauczycielskie - www
  • Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych - www
  • Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych - www
  • Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych TWP - www
  • Radom Technical University (Politechnika Radomska) - www
  • University College of Environmental Sciences (Prywatna Wyższa Szkoła Ochrony Środowiska) - www
  • Radomska Szkoła Zarządzania
  • Warsaw Agricultural University - department in Radom (Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie)
  • College of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Kolegium licencjackie Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej) - www
  • Warsaw University - department in Radom (Uniwersytet Warszawski)- www www
  • Maria Curie-Skłodowska University - department in Radom (Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej) - www
  • Wyższa Inżynierska Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa i Organizacji Pracy - www
  • Higher Business College (Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu) - www
  • Higher Financial and Banking College (Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Bankowości) - www
  • Higher Merchant College (Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa) - www
  • Higher Seminary (Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne) - www
  • Higher Journalis College (Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska) - www
  • Zespół Szkół Medycznych - www

[edit] Other

  • At the Western part of Radom, there is a facility for commercial LF transmission (not broadcasting), the Radom longwave transmitter
  • The Łucznik Arms Factory in Radom produces a range of military firearms such as assault rifles
  • The book, Outcry - Memoirs of Manny Steinberg, chronicles a young Jewish man's life and trials during the Nazi occupation of Radom and beyond. Published by Share Publishing, Menlo Park, CA

[edit] Sports

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[edit] Politics

[edit] Radom constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Radom constituency

  • Ewa Kopacz (PO)
  • Dariusz Bąk (PIS)
  • Mirosław Maliszewski (PSL)
  • Czesław Czechyra (PO)
  • Marek Suski (PIS)
  • Marek Wikiński (SLD),
  • Radosław Witkowski (PO)
  • Krzysztof Sońta (PIS)

[edit] International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Radom is twinned with:[3]

[edit] Notable people

Notable people who have been born, have lived or have worked in Radom:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Notes
  1. ^ Instead of WiS for exportation aims, but the Polish “w” has the same sound as the more usual “v”.
  2. ^ Joshua D. Zimmerman, Poles, Jews, and the politics of nationality, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004, ISBN 0-299-19464-7, Google Print, p.16
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Radom Official Website - Partner Cities". Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Poland.svg (in English and Polish) © 2007 Urząd Miasta Radom. http://www.radom.pl/_portal/118786399846cd5dbe4a35e/Miasta_partnerskie.html. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
  4. ^ "Banská Bystrica Sister Cities". © 2001-2008. http://eng.banskabystrica.sk/main.php?id_kat_for_menu=2367&firmy_slovenska_flag=0. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 

[edit] External links

Media related to Radom at Wikimedia Commons
Administrative divisions of Poland since 1999
City counties
Coat of arms of Masovian Voivodeship
Land counties
Seat (not part of the county): Radom
Urban gmina
Coat of arms of Radom County
Urban-rural gminas
Rural gminas

Coordinates: 51°24′N 21°10′E / 51.4°N 21.167°E / 51.4; 21.167

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