Gowarczów
Sign in to saveGowarczów is a town in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gowarczów. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately north of Końskie and north of the regional capital Kielce.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gowarczów
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Gowarczów. Kościół św. Rocha 8.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Saint Roch church in Gowarczów
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL gmina Gowarczów flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Gmina gowarczow herb.svg
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Świętokrzyskie
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Końskie
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Gowarczów
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- Poland
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- bottom
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1430-1829 od 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 10297
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Gowarczów is a town in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gowarczów. It lies in historic Lesser Poland, approximately north of Końskie and north of the regional capital Kielce.
==History== The history of Gowarczów dates back to the late Middle Ages, when a defensive gord was established here in the 12th century. In the 14th century, Gowarczów became the seat of a Roman Catholic parish church, and in 1430, the village received Magdeburg rights from King Władysław II Jagiełło, upon request of its owner Krystyna Magara. Soon afterwards, Gowarczow became property of the Bninski family. It remained a small town, whose residents were mostly farmers. Until the Partitions of Poland, it belonged to the Opoczno County of the Sandomierz Voivodeship of the Lesser Poland Province, and in 1662 its population was 374.