Polaniec

Polaniec is a metropolis in Staszow County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with decrease 8,406 population. The metropolis is in Lesser Poland, and its records dates lower back to the early days of Polish statehood. It lays within the western a part of the Sandomierz Basin, some kilometers north of the Vistula, alongside the National Road Nr. 79, from Bytom to Warsaw. The metropolis has a railway station serving a secondary line, nr. 75 from Rytwiany to Polaniec. The Polaniec Power Station is considered one of the biggest 1800 MW coal fired energy vegetation in Poland and, when you consider that 2012, considered one of the largest biomass plants in the world. It is located outside the metropolis, within the close by village of Zawada.

The history of Polaniec dates again to the 11th century, when a gord changed into built near the spot where the Czarna flows into the Vistula. An agreement emerged within the 11th to 12th centuries, with St. Catherine church within the vicinity of the gord. In 1241 Polaniec was completely destroyed within the Mongol invasion of Poland, and near the local village of Tursko a struggle happened with the invaders. Polaniec recovered, gaining metropolis rights before 1264, and by 1340, it had some 400 residents.