Stefanków, Szydłowiec County

Coordinates: 51°15′20″N 20°42′46″E / 51.25556°N 20.71278°E / 51.25556; 20.71278
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Stefanków
Village
Entrance to the village
Entrance to the village
Stefanków is located in Poland
Stefanków
Stefanków
Coordinates: 51°15′20″N 20°42′46″E / 51.25556°N 20.71278°E / 51.25556; 20.71278
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountySzydłowiec
GminaChlewiska
Population
184
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWSZ
Primary 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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.