Świerczek, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Lipowe Pole Plebańskie [liˈpɔvɛ ˈpɔlɛ plɛˈbaɲskʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne, within Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Skarżysko Kościelne, 5 km (3 mi) north of Skarżysko-Kamienna, and 36 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population of 720.

Skarżysko Kościelne [skarˈʐɨskɔ kɔˈɕt͡ɕɛlnɛ] (listen) is a village in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district of Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne. It should not be confused with the nearby town of Skarżysko-Kamienna. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Skarżysko-Kamienna and 36 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce. One of the village's attractions is the Holy Trinity Church, erected between 1637 and 1643 (pictured).

Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Skarżysko Kościelne, which lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Skarżysko-Kamienna and 36 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce. The gmina covers an area of 53.24 square kilometres (20.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,188.

Lipowe Pole Skarbowe [liˈpɔvɛ ˈpɔlɛ skarˈbɔvɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne, within Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Skarżysko Kościelne, 4 km (2 mi) north-west of Skarżysko-Kamienna, and 35 km (22 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.

Kierz Niedźwiedzi [ˈkʲɛʂ ɲɛd͡ʑˈvjɛd͡ʑi] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarżysko Kościelne, within Skarżysko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Skarżysko Kościelne, 7 km (4 mi) north of Skarżysko-Kamienna, and 40 km (25 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce.The village has a population of 740.

Sadek [ˈsadɛk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowiec, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Szydłowiec and 114 km (71 mi) south of Warsaw. The village has a population of 981.

Skarżysko County (Polish: powiat skarżyski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central 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 Skarżysko-Kamienna, which lies 34 kilometres (21 mi) north-east of the regional capital Kielce. The only other town in the county is Suchedniów, lying 10 km (6 mi) south-west of Skarżysko-Kamienna. The county covers an area of 395.30 square kilometres (152.6 sq mi). As of 2019 its total population is 74,343, out of which the population of Skarżysko-Kamienna is 45,068, that of Suchedniów is 8,347, and the rural population is 20,928.

Skarżysko-Kamienna pronounced [skarˈʐɨskɔ kaˈmʲɛnːa] (listen) is a city in northern Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in south-central Poland by Kamienna river, to the north of Świętokrzyskie Mountains; one of the voivodship's major cities. Prior to 1928, it bore the name of Kamienna; in less formal contexts usually only the first part of the name (Skarżysko) is used. It belongs to historic Polish province of Lesser Poland. Skarżysko-Kamienna is an important railroad junction, with two main lines (Kraków – Warsaw and Sandomierz – Koluszki) crossing there.

Gąsawy Rządowe [ɡɔ̃ˈsavɨ ʐɔnˈdɔvɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastrząb, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Jastrząb, 7 km (4 mi) south-east of Szydłowiec, and 113 km (70 mi) south of Warsaw. The village has a population of 1,500.

Gąsawy Rządowe-Niwy [ɡɔ̃ˈsavɨ ʐɔnˈdɔvɛ ˈnivɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastrząb, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Jastrząb, 8 km (5 mi) south-east of Szydłowiec, and 113 km (70 mi) south of Warsaw.

Barak [ˈbarak] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowiec, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Szydłowiec and 114 km (71 mi) south of Warsaw. The village has a population of 218.

Execution in the Brzask Forest was a mass execution of Polish citizens carried out by the German occupiers on 29 June 1940 in the Brzask Forest near Skarżysko-Kamienna. During the all-day massacre, German SS officers and Ordnungspolizei executed approximately 760 people. Among the murdered were members of Polish underground organizations and representatives of the social and intellectual elite from the area of the pre-war Kielce Voivodeship, arrested as part of the so-called AB-Aktion. The crime at Brzask was the largest execution carried out in the Kielce Land during the German occupation.