Wola Klasztorna
Encyclopedia
Wola Klasztorna ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Sieciechów
, within Kozienice County
, Masovian Voivodeship
, in east-central Poland.
It lies on the voivodship road
Pionki
-Opactwo, approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Sieciechów
, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Kozienice
, and 94 km (58 mi) south-east of Warsaw
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Sieciechów
Gmina Sieciechów
Gmina Sieciechów is a rural gmina in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sieciechów, which lies approximately east of Kozienice and south-east of Warsaw....
, within Kozienice County
Kozienice County
Kozienice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-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 only town is Kozienice, which lies ...
, Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
, in east-central Poland.
- Former name of the village - Święcica. The current name, Wola Klasztorna probably comes from the former BenedictineBenedictineBenedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
MonasteryMonasteryMonastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
in Opactwo times.
It lies on the voivodship road
Voivodeship road
A voivodeship road is a category of road in Poland. Voivodeship roads fall one step below national roads in importance. The roads are numbered from 100 to 993...
Pionki
Pionki
Pionki is a town in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, central Poland with 20 063 inhabitants . Previously it was in Radom Voivodeship and in Kielce Voivodeship .Punk rock band The Bill comes from Pionki...
-Opactwo, approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Sieciechów
Sieciechów, Masovian Voivodeship
Sieciechów is a village in Kozienice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sieciechów..-History:...
, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Kozienice
Kozienice
Kozienice is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Kozienice County .-Description:...
, and 94 km (58 mi) south-east of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
.