Ożarów AUD is a town in 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...

, in 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...

, in Powiat of Opatów (Opatów county). It has 4,906 inhabitants (data from December 31, 2004) and its largest employer is a large cement factory nearby. The cement factory was privatized in 1995 and a controlling stake in the company was purchased by Irish company CRH plc

CRH plc

CRH plc, , is an Irish building material group, formerly called Cement-Roadstone Holdings plc. It is quoted on the Official Lists of the Irish Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange.-History:...

 from HCP (Holding Cement Polski). Recently, one of the agents involved in brokering the transaction between CRH and HCP claimed to have paid a USD 1m bribe to make the acquisition. The truth of that inquiry is still pending.

There is also a semi-famous Jewish cemetery in town that dates back almost 400 years, and is one of the few remaining Jewish cemeteries in Poland. The cemetery wall was almost totally destroyed during World War II by general warfare as well as German soldiers using the stones for fortifications nearby. In May 2001, Norman Weinberg organized the Ożarów Cemetery Restoration Project, along with his wife and friends, aimed at renovating and rebuilding the cemetery which was completed October 15, 2001.

Of other note, there is one Catholic church in town.

It was founded in 1569.