Kielce
Kielce is a city in central Poland with 207,051 inhabitants (2003). It is also the capital city of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodship (1975-1998).
Geography and tourists atractions
Baroque Bishops Palace (17th century), Cathedral (12th/17th century)
Interesting geology (5 nature reserves in town area) and vicinity: Holy Cross Mountains
Education
- Świętokrzyska Szkoła Wyższa
- Wszechnica Świętokrzyska
- Wyższa Szkoła Administracji Publicznej
- Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Administracji im. prof. Edwarda Lipińskiego
- Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa im. Bolesława Markowskiego
- Wydział zamiejscowy w Gorzycach
- Wyższa Szkoła Umiejętności
- Wyższa Szkoła Technik Komputerowych i Telekomunikacji
- Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania Gospodarką Regionalną i Turystyką
- Wyższa Szkoła Telekomunikacji i Informatyki
Sports
Politics
Kielce constituency
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Kielce constituency
- Cepil Józef, Samoobrona
- Długosz Henryk, SLD-UP
- Gosiewski Przemysław, PiS
- Grzebisz-Nowicka Zofia, SLD-UP
- Jagiełło Andrzej, SLD-UP
- Jaskiernia Jerzy, SLD-UP
- Kałamaga Zdzisław, SLD-UP
- Kizińska Bożena, SLD-UP
- Miodowicz Konstanty, PO
- Nowak Zbigniew, Samoobrona
- Pawlak Mirosław, PSL
- Siekierski Czesław, PSL
- Sosnowski Adam, SLD-UP
- Szczepańczyk Józef, PSL
- Szyszkowski Stanisław, LPR
- Winiarczyk-Kossakowska Małgorzata, SLD-UP
Municipal politics
to be written yet
History
Kielce's life started when ancient Celts settled on the banks of the Silnica river. They built villages in the area of Kielce and lived there for hundreds of years. The lived peacefully in the Kielce region because of Kielce's place in the Holy Cross Mountains [Gory Swietokrzyskie in Polish]. They moved when foreigners started moving into the area. In around 500-600 AD the Slavs came into the region. They were Wislanie Slavs, which had settled most of the area now known as Malopolska and Swietokrzyskie Voivodships. The Wislanie lands were considered of Bohemia an were considered settled and first mentioned in the 11th century.
