OPOCZNO - Twoje miasto w sieci

Poniedziałek, 8 lutego 2010: Piotra, Żakliny, Sebastiana

THE MEDIAEVAL BEGINNINGS

For the first time a "Opoczy" name appears in the capitulary codex from 1079. More than 200 years later, in 1284, Leszek Czarny passed Opocza vilage to the Sandomierska collegiate church. At the time, Opoczno was considered as a part of the Żarnowska castellany within the Sandomierska district. In 1360, Opoczno received city rights from the King Kazimierz Wielki. The time of his reign was towns golden days. In 1365, the monarch passed to Opoczno started to develop quickly. The settlement was created, surrounded by town walls and moat, castle, armoury and bailiff manor. This was also a period of trade and craft development. Between 1346-1368 the Opoczno district was created.

In the second half of the 16^th century, the local school represented the high level of education. Its pupils studied at Akademia Krakowska (Cracow Academy).

The economic breakdown, which touched Poland during the war times, did not leave Opoczno aside. The Swedish invasion in 1655 almost completely destroyed the town. Only 20 houses and 11 workshops survived, the market business stooped.

The trade relationship became livelier sometime in the middle of the 18^th century. The famous fairs took place every other week here. The town became the main trade centre, in which tradesmen from all over the Poland participated.

After the partition of Poland period, the Opoczno district was very active during numerous uprisings.

In the first half the 19^th century, in Opoczno with the population of nearly 3.5 thousand, were only few craftsmen, however, slow but continuous development of the town emerged. During that time, small enterprises were created:

brewery, vinegar factory, three dyehouses, two tanneries, two oil mills, windmill and water mill. In 1880, Jan Dziewulski and two brothers Władysław and Józef Lange established the Ceramic Tiles Factory. In 1885 the railway line was constructed Skarżysko Kamienna with Koluszki. All this conductive to the development of the industry.

In the between-the-war-period Opoczno gained new industrial plants, among others; glass-works, brickyard and wine manufacturing plant.

On the 7^th of September 1939, German army invaded Opoczno. During the occupation times, the Opoczno land became the partisans battlefield. It was here, where major Henryk Dobrzański (Hubal) fought and was finally killed.

After the II World War Opoczno was systematically developing as a local industry, administration and culture centre. Next to the Ceramic Tiles Factory, with its a hundred-year tradition, the important branch of the industry became textile industry.

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