It was the seat of a large county, with such towns, as Proszowice, Słomniki and Książ Wielki.
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In 1885 Miechów received a rail connection with Dąbrowa Górnicza and Kielce, due to a station at a nearby village of Charsznica.
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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.
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After looting the abbeys at Jedrzejow, Mogila, Szczyrzyc and Miechow, the invaders flooded the region in an orgy of murder and destruction.