Skarżysko-Kamienna - a town in northern Swietokrzyskie Voivodship (Poland) by Kamienna river, to the north of Swietokrzyskie Mountains; one of the voivodship's major towns.

Population: 50,300 (2002)
Area: 64,16 km²
Population density: 784/km²

History in brief

• 1173 - knights' congress in Milica village (now the town's district) led by Casimir II The Just
• 1923 - the commune of Kamienna becomes a town
• 1924 - National Ammunition Factory built (now MESKO)
• 1928 - town's name is changed to Skarżysko-Kamienna
• 1940 - Germans carry out mass executions of Poles (360 people executed in February and 760 - in June)
• 1942 - Germans set up a forced labour camp for Jews
• 1944 - liquidation of the labour camp
• 1945 - liberation of the town on 18th January
• 1969 - The White Eagle Museum established
• 1999 - Skarżysko county established as a result of the Local Government Reogranization Act (1998)

Worth seeing

• The White Eagle Museum (Muzeum im. Orla Bialego) - a military museum with Poland's second largest outdoor display, most items dating back to the World War II period
  • indoor display - uniforms, ammunition, pistols and smaller guns, soldier equipment, photographs, documents etc.
  • outdoor display - one of few ships in Poland displayed onshore (torpedo cutter Odwazny - The Brave), planes, tanks (including one of world's few preserved Sturmgeschutz IV machines), choppers, cannons etc.

External links

• Skarzysko.pl - official site of the town's municipality (language - Polish)
  • basic information in English
  • basic information in German
• Skarzysko-Kamienna On-line - town's unofficial site (language - Polish; direct access to the sections below)
  • Historical and contemporary photographs of the town
  • Photographs of the outdoor display of the White Eagle Museum (Muzeum Orla Bialego)
  • Information about the White Eagle Museum (in English)

See also

• List of cities in Poland