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Busko County
Busko 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 only town is Busko-Zdrój, which lies...
, 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 south-central Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Pacanów
Gmina Pacanów
Gmina Pacanów is a rural gmina in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Pacanów, which lies approximately east of Busko-Zdrój and south-east of the regional capital Kielce....
. It had a population of 1137 in 2003. The village's sołtys is Jan Łuszcz and the vogt
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
is Wiesław Skop. In modern times the village is partly noted for its connection to the fictional character Koziołek Matołek. It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Busko-Zdrój
Busko-Zdrój
Busko-Zdrój is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Busko County. As of 2004, its population is 17,363.-History:...
and 62 km (39 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kielce
Kielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
.
History
The town dates back to the thirteenth century and in the fourteenth century it was larger than KielceKielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
. However it faced a decline due to a cholera epidemic in 1700 and ultimately remained a village.
Notable people
- Feliks Paweł Jarocki
- Zelig Mansdorf - Served as President of the Pachanower Young Men's Benevolent Association, a society founded in America by the Jews who immigrated prior to the Nazi extermination of the Jews of Pacanow in 1942. A burial site is maintained in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, NY.
External links
http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/hm-pacanow-bd.htm Pachanower Young Men's Benevolent Association]