Stefanków, Szydłowiec County

Village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
51°15′20″N 20°42′46″E / 51.25556°N 20.71278°E / 51.25556; 20.71278Country PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountySzydłowiecGminaChlewiskaPopulation
184Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationWSZPrimary airportRadom Airport

Stefanków [stɛˈfaŋkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chlewiska, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Chlewiska, 10 km (6 mi) west of Szydłowiec, and 109 km (68 mi) south of Warsaw.

History

Within the Polish Kingdom, the village was administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

In 1827, it had a population of 101.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on March 29, 1940, the Germans murdered 69 Poles from Stefanków in a massacre committed in the Firlej district in the city of Radom (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1890. p. 316.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 253.


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