Skalbmierz AUD is a town in south eastern 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 Kazimierza County

Kazimierza County

Kazimierza 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 Kazimierza...

. It has 1,326 inhabitants (2004).

History

First half of 12th century – Presumably Skalbmierz foundation

1217 – Skalbmierz first mentioned in written sources

1241 – Skalbmierz devastated by Tatars

1242 – Konrad of Mazovia called a rally in Skalbmierz, where he imprisoned representatives of Little Poland

1309 – First mention of school in Skalbmierz

1342, 20 February –Skalbmierz gains location document on the basis of German law from Polish king Kazimierz Wielki

1400 – Stanisław of Skalbmierz became first vice-chancellor of Cracow Academy (Akademia Krakowska)

1427 – Location of Skalbmierz confirmed by king Władysław Jagiełło

1483, 24 May – Cracow bishop Jan Rzeszowski confirmed location of Skalbmierz

1578 – King Stefan Batory confirmed the right of Cracow curates to appoint Skalbmierz president canons of the Chapter

1618 – Great fire of city

1652–1653 – The plague in city

1655–1657 – Total destruction of Skalbmierz by Swedes, Hungarians and Cossacks

1781, 25 September – King August Poniatowski confirmed current privileges of Skalbmierz

1794, 29 April – Russian general Denisow during the retreat from Racławice robbed Skalbmierz and set it on fire

1807 and 1808 – City destroyed by the fire

1810, 17 April – Skalbmierz became capital of Skalbmierz County

1819 – Dissolution of collegiate church

1831, 24 October – Skirmish of insurgents near Drożejowice

1869 – Russian administration takes away Skalbmierz city rights

1884 – Maria Skłodowska stayed in Skalbmierz

1906 – Fire of Skalbmierz church

1912 – Fire brigade established in Skalbmierz

1918 – Rise of Polish Military Organization (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa) and Scout Team

since 1919 – Railway station built in Skalbmierz (station on the route between Charsznica and Kocmyrzów)

1927, 31 March – Skalbmierz regains city rights thanks to Antoni Baum’s initiative

1927 – Stefczyk’s cash office opened, prototype of today’s Co-operative Bank (Bank Spółdzielczy)

1931 – Creation of Committee of Military Preparation and Physical Education in Sklabmierz

1933 – Shooting association established

1933–1934 – New building of common school erected

1939, 6 and 7 October – Fights in Skalbmierz

1939, 14 November – Region of Skalbmierz and Działoszyce joined and turned into a state of underground activity

1944, 5 September – Pacification of Skalbmierz

1945, 14 January – Units of Red Army entered Skalbmierz

1948, 1 August – Establishment of Communal cooperative “SCh”

1952 – Electrification of Skalbmierz completed

1956 – Skalbmierz incorporated into Kazimierza Wielka county

1959 – Thanks to Emilian Jaros’s initiative a vocatioal school opened (later renamed as Team of Vocational Schools)

1969, 3 September – Skalbmierz decorated with Grunwald Cross Order ( 3rd class)

1984, 1 October – New primary school building opened for public use

2005 – Water reservoir „Skalbmierz” built