Kielce

Kielce (pronounce: [ˈkjεlʦε]) is a city in central Poland with 210,311 inhabitants (2004). It is also the capital city of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodship (Holy Cross Voivodship) since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodship (1919-1939, 1945-1998). The city is located in the middle of the Holy Cross Mountains, at the banks of Silnica river. Once an important centre of limestone mining, Kielce is nowadays a centre of trade and commerce. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kielce"

Kielce pogrom refers to the events on July 4, 1946, in the Polish town of Kielce, when over forty Polish Jews were massacred and eighty wounded out of about two hundred Holocaust survivors who returned home after World War II. Among victims were also two Gentile Poles. While far from the deadliest pogrom against the Jews, the pogrom was especially significant in post-war Jewish history, as the attack took place 18 months after the end of World War II, well after the Nazis were defeated. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kielce pogrom"

The Kielce University of Technology is a relatively young institution, although the traditions of higher education in Kielce go back to the beginning of the 19th century. It was here that Stanisław Staszic founded the Mining Academy, one of the first higher schools in Poland, which operated in the years 1816- 1826 and provided qualified personnel to meet the needs of the Old Polish Industrial Basin. Higher education became available in Kielce again in 1965 when Kielce- Radom Evening Higher Engineering School was established. It was transformed into the Kielce University of Technology in 1974. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kielce University of Technology"

Kielce Voivodship (1) ( Polish: województwo kieleckie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975- 1998, superseded by Świętokrzyskie Voivodship.

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Kolporter Kielce is a Polish women's handball team, based in Kielce, playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League (Premiership League). ...more on Wikipedia about "Kolporter Kielce"

Kolporter Korona Kielce is a Polish football club based in Kielce, Poland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Korona Kielce"

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