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| Important dates: |
| 1624 | - 16 January: king Zygmunt III Waza, grants Wierzbnik the city rights |
| 1657 | - 18 September: Stanisław Sierakowski, the Świętokrzyskie abbot establishes prerogatives and duties of the Wierzbnik citizens |
| 1688 | - Michał Komornicki, the Świętokrzyskie abbot establishes "Holy Trinity" parish and builds a new church. |
| 1816 | - The area surrounding the Kamienna river bacame nationalized. A new primary school is set up. |
| 1869 | - Most of the towns in the "Kongress Kingdom" loose their city rights on the base of the Tzar's order, Wierzbnik becomes a village. |
| 1887 | - The construction of railway conecting Skarżysko with Bodzechów has been completed. A new railway station opens in Wierzbnik. |
| 1916 | - Wierzbnik becomes a city again. |
| 1918 | - First meeting of the town council in free Poland - called "Druga Rzeczpospolita" (2nd Republic of Poland). |
| 1939 | - The territory of Wierzbnik since the 1st May 1939 gets larger by inconecting Starachowice Fabryczne. The tawn gets new name: Starachowice-Wierzbnik |
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History:
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The territory occupied today by the town of Starachowice bears marks of economic activities from two thousand years ago. A part of territory to the south of Starachowice in the beginning of the 12th century was taken over by Benedicts from Święty Krzyż. The territory to the north of the town, on the other hand, became the property of a Cistercian Monastery in Wąchock located in 1179, which was an administrative seat of Cistercians. In 1454 Wąchock was granted municipal rights by king Kazimierz Jagiellończyk. Benedictines transformed their mill settlement into a town.
Starachowice was founded probable in the 15th century as an industrial settlement at the smithy constructed by unknown entrepreneur; perhaps it was Starzech.
The greatest period for the development of industry in this region took place in the 19th century. Stanisław Staszic and Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, the then minister of treasure brought credit to this economic growth. This is the time, when so-called Great Iron Blast Furnace started to operate and was active to 1968.
In 1921 decision about construction of an arms plant was taken. It created a chance of development for the town. In the period before World War II , in the time when Central Industrial Region was created, Starachowice was renowned as producer of camp cannons, antitank and anti-aircraft cannons.
In 1939 three units, which had functioned separately within the present administrative borders of Starachowice were combined; these were: a town of Wierzbnik, a factory settlement Starachowice and village of Starachowice.
This resulted in creation of one municipal whole Wierzbnik-Starachowice, with a population of approximately 25 thousand inhabitants. After the war in 1948 production of "Star" trucks began.
In 1949 the town of Wierzbnik-Starachowice was given a name of Starachowice.
In 1991 o factory of "Star" trucks was transformed into a company called the Starachowice Plant "Star", Co. Presently as a result of change of the property structure of the plant, two companies were created: "STAR TRUCKS" Sp. z o.o and "Inwest Star" S.A.
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Antiques:
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A Great Iron Blast furnace, included to the world industrial heritage list in 1992.
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St. Trinity Church, dated 1681, build by the abbot Komorowski, with a baroque altar coming from Święty Krzyż.
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A building from 19th century (1840) with a Regional Museum of the Polish Tourist Association.
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Old buildings of Wierzbnik, with a structure of streets and squares like that of factory settlements.
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Remains of industrial plants.
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Places of national memory:
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A monument for the Defenders of Starachowice in 1939, at the junction of 17 Stycznia St. an Wyzwolenia Avenue.
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A monuments for victims of executions carried out on 5 September 1942, Market Square; 16 persons were hanged in the presence of crowds.
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A monument for scouts, commemorating the deaths of the members of "Szare Szeregi" from the "Żubry" patrol: Henryk Kliczewski and Bogusław Cielecki, who died on 31 January 1944 on the brink to forest at the road leading to Ostrowiec.
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A monument commemorating victims of terror an members of resistance who died in combat with the occupier in 1939-45; located in the front of the gate to the Starachowice Plant "Star".
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"Heroes of Starachowice 1939-1945", Partyzantów Street.
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