Chęciny
Sign in to saveChęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 4,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and obtained its city charter in 1325. At that time was one of major urban centers of northern Lesser Poland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chęciny
- Region
- województwo świętokrzyskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 4,252
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chęciny
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Chęciny flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Chęciny COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 20180817 Chęciny - widok z zamku - 1122 9051 DxO.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the town from the Chęciny Castle
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Świętokrzyskie
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kielce
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
Key dates
- Inception
- 1275
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Chęciny
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +4364
- Area
- +14.12
- Capital of
- Gmina Chęciny
- Official website
- www.checiny.pl
- Image
- 20180817 Chęciny - widok z zamku - 1122 9051 DxO.jpg
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- Gmina Chęciny
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- Location and name
- History
- Points of interest
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- References
Chęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 4,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and obtained its city charter in 1325. At that time was one of major urban centers of northern Lesser Poland.
The most important sight in Chęciny is the royal castle built in the late 13th or early 14th century on the Castle Hill above the town. It fell into a ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this day. For centuries Chęciny had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Chentshin dynasty, (Chęciny being pronounced as "Chentshin" or "Khantchin" in Yiddish.)