Wąchock
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Wąchock is a town in Starachowice County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland, near Starachowice, within the historical region of Lesser Poland. In 2006, it had 2,777 inhabitants.
Romanesque monastery in Wąchock
Wąchock Abbey in the interwar period
Chapter house at the Cistercian abbey
The monument to the sołtys
Jan Piwnik
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Jan Piwnik was a Polish World War II soldier, a cichociemny and a notable leader of the Home Army in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. He used the nickname Ponury and Donat.
Wąchock
…had a population of 2,389, of which 88.6% declared Polish nationality and 11.4% declared Jewish nationality. During World War II, Home Army units under Jan Piwnik were particularly active in the area of Wąchock. There now is a monument of Jan Piwnik in the town. The town lies on National Road Nr. 42, and has a…
Jan Piwnik
AK soldiers Parasol Regiment Warsaw Uprising 1944