Bliżyn
village in powiat skarżyski, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
Bliżyn [ˈbliʐɨn] is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bliżyn. It lies on the Kamienna river and Bliżyn Reservoir, approximately 12 km (7 mi) west of Skarżysko-Kamienna and 27 km (17 mi) north of the regional capital Kielce.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1410, when King Władysław II Jagiełło spent a night there on his way to the battle of Grunwald. It was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Karwowski family, administratively located in the Opoczno County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.
In 19th century Stanisław Staszic founded several minor manufactories and factories there, as part of his plan of creation of the "Old Polish Industrial Area". In 1827, it had a population of 150. By the 19th century, the village had a blast furnace and a metallurgical plant. In 1875, over 357 tonnes of raw iron, over 102 tonnes of wrought iron, and over 120 tonnes of iron products and wires were produced in Bliżyn.
During World War II, the forests around Bliżyn were a German-perpetrated mass murder site of Polish intelligentsia during the so-called AB Action.
“Bliżyn” enters the record as village in powiat skarżyski, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bliżyn, village and powiat can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3913984. VIAF identifies the subject as 236128073. Authority coordinates are 51.108, 20.759. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1410, 1827 and 1875.
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