Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski

Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski is a metropolis in south-vital Poland with 74,211 inhabitants. The fundamental industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital metropolis of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski County, a part of Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship 1975 to 1998. It received city constitution in 1613. Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski the city is frequently called Ostrowiec lies on the Kamienna River. Northern districts are positioned in the Ilza Foothills, while southern element belongs to the Opatow Upland. Swietokrzyskie Mountains lie a few kilometers away, southwest of Ostrowiec.

The metropolis is one in every of historical facilities of Polish industry and changed into part of the Old Polish Industrial Region the oldest commercial basin of the country. There are interesting locations near Ostrowiec the archaeological reserve at Krzemionki and Dinosaur Park in Baltow. The oldest tales of human habitation date again to the Stone Age 4000 BC. At that point, there had been nomadic tribes belonging to, amongst others, the Lengyel and Globular Amphora cultures. They got here from Danube river area. The earliest documents approximately Ostrowiec village that gave starting to the current Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski come from 14^th century.