Cmielów
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Ćmielów AUD is a town in Ostrowiec County
, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
, Poland
, seat of Gmina Ćmielów
. It has 3,222 inhabitants (2004). It is known for one of Poland's oldest porcelain
factories dating back to 1790.
The town history dates back to 14th century. It has several tourist attractions, in addition to its old porcelain factory, including ruins of a 16th century castle
and a church from the same period.
Ostrowiec County
Ostrowiec County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Ostrowiec...
, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, or Świętokrzyskie Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is presently divided. It is situated in central Poland, in the historical province of Lesser Poland, and takes its name from the Świętokrzyskie mountain range...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, seat of Gmina Ćmielów
Gmina Cmielów
Gmina Ćmielów is an urban-rural gmina in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ćmielów, which lies approximately south-east of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and east of the regional capital Kielce.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...
. It has 3,222 inhabitants (2004). It is known for one of Poland's oldest porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
factories dating back to 1790.
The town history dates back to 14th century. It has several tourist attractions, in addition to its old porcelain factory, including ruins of a 16th century castle
Ćmielów Castle
Ćmielów Castle is a ruined castle in Ćmielów, Poland. It appears in documents in 1388, but rather they relate to the nearby fortress Podgrodzie. The existing ruins are the remains of a castle built in the years 1519-1531 by Krzysztof Szydlowiecki....
and a church from the same period.