Attractions and Places To See around Białaczów - Top 14

The ponds in the Browary district in Końskie are now a popular place for walks and relaxation. The renovated reservoirs, fed by clean streams, are surrounded by well-kept greenery, and the area has gained new recreational functions. You can walk here, fish, light a bonfire or take part in cultural events, such as KGW tournaments or Kupala Night. There are paved paths around them. It is worth remembering that swimming in the ponds is not allowed.

Interesting old well and monument. A few benches and a fountain. Terrible concrete.

In 1782, castellan Jacek Jezierski of the Nowina coat of arms purchased the Maleniec estate, located near Końskie in the Old Polish Basin, from Prażmowski for half a million złoty. There were rich deposits of iron ore on their territory, while in neighboring Miedzierza a blast furnace was already in operation at that time. Jezierski intended to develop industrial production on the purchased estate, linking his plans to the project of the Four-Year Sejm, which passed a resolution to increase the size of the Polish army to 100,000. In 1784, the castellan dammed the waters of the Czarna River flowing through Maleniec and created a pond with an area of 16 ha that exists to this day. The water was to be a source of energy for the planned plants and workshops. With the help of water outlets, it later became - thanks to water wheels - a source of energy for the mill, sawmill and fryery built by Jezierski. In neighboring Kawęczyn, the castellan also built a blast furnace. Production activity in Maleniec was interrupted in 1794 due to military operations during the Kościuszko Uprising. In 1824, the property was acquired by a former officer of Napoleon's army, Tadeusz Bocheński, who settled in Maleniec, introducing a number of innovations in local factories and significantly expanding production potential. The current building of the preserved plant, housing the museum, was erected around 1837 on the initiative of Bocheński, who additionally built a puddling shop and a rolling mill in neighboring Ruda Maleniecka. On June 21, 1967, the complex was officially recognized as a technical monument and entered under item number 340 in the register of monuments of the then Kielce province. A year later, a group of students from the Faculty of Metallurgy of the Silesian University of Technology became interested in the abandoned facility. Their activities led to the signing of an agreement in 1970, under which the plant was transferred to the care of the university. Actions were initiated to save the facility, which included preparing documentation of the facility, repairing parts of the machines and equipment, and buildings.

A small town with a lot of history, I recommend it to everyone, lots of walking and cycling paths

The central Końskie Square, with one of the two monuments of Tadeusz Kościuszko and the collegiate church of St. Nicholas.

The ponds in the Browary district in Końskie are marked on a map from the mid-18th century. Almost in the same outline as the current ones after renovation, renewal. They are supplied with water by streams, one called Czysta, and the other probably nameless. But there is water to the brim. The upper pond is slightly larger than the lower one. The water is clean, the grass around it is green and fragrant.

The area around Żarnów was the site of fierce fighting during World War I and II. Partisan units that fought the Germans also operated in this area. The town's Jewish community was resettled to the Opoczno ghetto, from where it was transported to the German extermination camp in Treblinka. After the end of World War II, Żarnów was located in the Topolice commune (until 1954). After the administrative reform of 1975, the town was located in the Piotrków Voivodeship. In 1998, the neighboring villages of Tresta Wesoła and Drobna Wieś were incorporated into the town.

In 1655, one of the largest battles took place near Żarnów, which, like the entire war, ended in defeat for the Republic. The destruction of the "Swedish Deluge" was completed by epidemics that plagued the town in the following centuries. A short-term economic recovery took place only at the end of the 19th century and was associated with the Old Polish Industrial Region, which included the area around Żarnów due to its rich mineral resources. However, the decree of Tsar Nicholas II of June 1, 1869, taking away the town rights of this center, caused it to lose its importance.