Arena Częstochowa

Hala Sportowa Częstochowa is a sport, show and fair arena in Częstochowa, Poland. In sport it is primarily used for volleyball, and also concerts. The arena was officially opened on September 29, 2012, during the SuperCup 2012 volleyball match – PGE Skra Bełchatów vs Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. Occasionally it is a place of playing matches of FIVB Volleyball World League.

Częstochowa Raków railway station is a railway station in the Raków district of Częstochowa, Poland. It is served by the Polish State Railways, who run services from Warsaw West to Katowice (line 1) and from Częstochowa to Kucelinka (line 701).The historical names of the station are: Bleszno (1914-1918), Bierzno (1918-1920), Błeszno (1920-1939), Bleschno (1939-1945), Błeszno (1945-1948) and Częstochowa Błeszno (1948-1966).

Raków is a district of Częstochowa, Poland, located in the south-eastern part of the city. The football club Raków Częstochowa was founded and is based in Raków.

The Battle of Częstochowa was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland during World War II. It took place on September 1–3, 1939.

The Miejski Stadion Piłkarski "Raków" (English: "Raków" Municipal Football Stadium) is a football stadium in Częstochowa, Poland. The venue is located at the 83 Bolesław Limanowski Street in the Raków district. It is the home ground of the Raków Częstochowa football club.

The Archdiocese of Częstochowa (Latin: Czestochovien(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Częstochowa in Poland.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family (Polish: Bazylika Archikatedralna Sanktuarium Świętej Rodziny ) also called Częstochowa Cathedral is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and was built in the neo-Gothic style, it is a three-nave church following the Roman or Latin rite and is located on the street Krakowska in the city of Częstochowa in Poland.It is one of the largest of its kind in Europe, built on an old cemetery in the years 1825-1898. It was built between 1901 and 1927 and designed by Konstanty Wojciechowski. The temple in 1925 became the cathedral of the diocese of Częstochowa, and since 1992 is the metropolitan church of the ecclesiastical province of Czestochowa. The facade of the basilica is north; opposite the John Paul II Square (formerly Cathedral Square). In the Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa there is a crypt of the local bishops.

The Częstochowa Ghetto was a World War II ghetto set up by Nazi Germany for the purpose of persecution and exploitation of local Jews in the city of Częstochowa during the German occupation of Poland. The approximate number of people confined to the ghetto was around 40,000 at the beginning and in late 1942 at its peak, immediately before mass deportations, 48,000. Most ghetto inmates were delivered by the Holocaust trains to their deaths at the Treblinka extermination camp. In June 1943, the remaining ghetto inhabitants launched the Częstochowa Ghetto uprising, which was extinguished by the SS after a few days of fighting.

Minor Seminary in Częstochowa (Polish: Niższe Seminarium - Liceum Humanistyczne w Częstochowie) is a Roman Catholic minor seminary, a private general education liceum, all male boarding school in Poland for those who are considering a vocation to the priesthood. It is operated by the Archdiocese of Częstochowa. The school is located in the town of Częstochowa. It is a four-year general education liceum with an extended curriculum for the Polish language, history and philosophy.

Częstochowa railway station is one of two major railway stations in Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, the other station being Częstochowa Stradom. Since 2015 it has been operating as a “P” (premium) category station in the PKP classification. In 2018, the station served approximately 10,000 passengers a day.

Wyczerpy-Aniołów is a dzielnica (district) of Częstochowa located in north-east part of the city. The district has an area of 16.62 km2 and in 2014 had 9,182 inhabitants.Through the district run the national road 1, the national road 91, and the railway line 1 (with the Częstochowa Aniołów station).

The Częstochowa massacre, also known as the Bloody Monday, was committed by the German Wehrmacht forces beginning on the 4th day of World War II in the Polish city of Częstochowa, between 4 and 6 September 1939. The shootings, beatings and plunder continued for three days in more than a dozen separate locations around the city. Approximately 1,140 Polish civilians (150 of whom were ethnically Jewish), were murdered.