X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Miechow


Miechów

It was the seat of a large county, with such towns, as Proszowice, Słomniki and Książ Wielki.

In 1885 Miechów received a rail connection with Dąbrowa Górnicza and Kielce, due to a station at a nearby village of Charsznica.

An important local personality was Maciej of Miechów, Polish Renaissance scholar, doctor of medicine, canon, astrologist, historian, who was elected eight times as Rector of the Academy of Kraków.


Similar

Miechow |

Second Mongol invasion of Poland

After looting the abbeys at Jedrzejow, Mogila, Szczyrzyc and Miechow, the invaders flooded the region in an orgy of murder and destruction.


see also