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unusual facts about Skarżysko-Kamienna


Bank of Poland

Between 1829 and 1837 it spent a large part of its income on road construction, until 1842 it was also the main sponsor of the coal mining development in the region of Zagłębie and the Old Polish Industrial Area around Skarżysko-Kamienna.


German AB-Aktion in Poland

Approximately 3,500 members of the Polish intelligentsia were executed at the mass murder sites in Palmiry near Warsaw, Firlej, Wincentynów near Radom, and in the Bliżyn forest near Skarżysko-Kamienna.

Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle

After the tests of German-made Hagler bullets proved the possibilities of that type ammunition in perforating steel plate, the National Ammunition Factory in Skarżysko-Kamienna was ordered to develop its own 7.92 mm cartridge with a muzzle velocity of over 1,000 meters per second.

ZKS Granat Skarżysko

ground = Stadion Miejski w Skarżysku Kamiennej
Skarżysko-Kamienna
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Poland
European Union


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