Gmina Włodowice

Włodowice [vwɔdɔˈvit͡sɛ] (Yiddish: ולודובייץ, romanized: Vlodovietz) is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Włodowice. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Zawiercie and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. The town has a population of 5,700. It is best known for its centre. The main road leading through Włodowice is Żarecka Street. The town has a Baroque church of St. Bartholomew and ruins of the Baroque Włodowice Palace. Włodowice is located in the middle of the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska region, best known for its limestone rocks, such as those of the nearby village of Rzędkowice, carved on the seafloor millions of years ago. Włodowice has a long and rich history. Even though the town now lies in Silesian Voivodeship, it belongs to historical Lesser Poland, and was a town from mid-14th century to 1870.

Włodowice Palace is a ruined palace situated in Włodowice, Poland. It was built on the spot of a wooden manor owned by the Firlej family. The first building was destroyed during the Polish-Swedish war in 1655-1660 (called "The Deluge"). The brick and stone palace was founded by the castellan of Kraków, Stanisław Warszycki at the end of 17th century (between 1669 and 1681). It was a two-storey baroque building with basements and an attic, covered with a mansard roof. It can be seen as a representation of an entre cour et jardin type of manor. In front of the palace there used to be a court with the entrance gate and behind the building there was a garden situated on the slope of the hill. In the 18th century the palace was owned by the Męciński family who redecorated the insides in classicist style. In the 1850s the new owners of the palace were the Poleski family. Michał Poleski, scientist and insurgent of the January Uprising in 1863, created a private agronomic school that was located on the second storey of the palace. One of the chambers was changed into a chemistry and physics laboratory, another one contained a library. The school existed here between 1870 and 1880. Probably around the turn of the 20th century the palace was rebuilt in a neogothic style. The last owner of the palace was Countess Maria Elwira O’Rourke, from a Polish noble family of Irish origin. She left Włodowice probably in 1927 or 1928, selling the palace to a local family. The present condition of the palace is a result of two fires that occurred in 1935 and 1956, along with negligent ownership.

Góra Włodowska [ˈɡura vwɔˈdɔfska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodowice, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Włodowice, 9 km (6 mi) north of Zawiercie, and 49 km (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Parkoszowice [parkɔʂɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodowice, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Włodowice, 6 km (4 mi) north-east of Zawiercie, and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Kopaniny [kɔpaˈninɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodowice, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Włodowice, 5 km (3 mi) north of Zawiercie, and 44 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Rudniki [rudˈniki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodowice, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Włodowice, 3 km (2 mi) north-east of Zawiercie, and 43 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Skałka [ˈskau̯ka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodowice, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Włodowice, 4 km (2 mi) north of Zawiercie, and 43 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Morsko [ˈmɔrskɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Włodowice, within Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Zawiercie and 49 km (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Zawiercie ([zaˈvʲɛrt͡ɕɛ] ) (Yiddish: זאוויערטשע, romanized: Zavirtshe) is a town in the south of Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship with 49,334 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland near the source of the Warta River. The town lies near the historical region of Silesia, but belongs to Lesser Poland.

Zawiercie County (Polish: powiat zawierciański) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Zawiercie, which lies 41 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Katowice. The county contains five other towns: Poręba, 6 km (4 mi) west of Zawiercie, Łazy, 8 km (5 mi) south of Zawiercie, Ogrodzieniec, 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Zawiercie, Szczekociny, 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Zawiercie, and Pilica, 18 km (11 mi) east of Zawiercie. The county covers an area of 1,003.27 square kilometres (387.4 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population was 118,020. The most populated towns are Zawiercie with 49,334 inhabitants and Poręba with 8,525 inhabitants.

Stadion 1000-lecia Państwa Polskiego (English: 1000th-Anniversary of Polish State Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Zawiercie, Poland. The stadium has a capacity of 1500 people and was opened in 1966. The stadium is a home for Warta Zawiercie.

Bąkowiec Castle is a fourteenth-century knight's castle ruins, located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The fortress was built as part of the Trail of the Eagles' Nests defence system, located in the village of Morsko, Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.