Kielce
is a city in central Poland with 207,051 inhabitants (2003). It is also the capital city of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodship (1975-1998).
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Baroque Bishops Palace (17th century), Cathedral (12th/17th century)
Interesting geology (5 nature reserves in town area) and vicinity: Holy Cross Mountains
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History: first mentioned in the 11th century.
On July 4, 1946 Kielce was a site of a major Jewish pogrom.Geography and tourists atractions
Education
Sports
Politics
Kielce constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Kielce constituencyMunicipal politics
History
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| Voivodships of Poland | |
| Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lodz | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania Swietokrzyskie | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania | |
| Principal cities | |
| Warsaw | ŁÃ³dź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn | |
Only 40 Jews died in the great "Kielce pogrom"