Stalowa Wola
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stalowa Wola is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the river San, with 68,472 inhabitants (2005). Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodship (1975-1998), it is the capital of Stalowa Wola County.
Contents |
[edit] History
The modern city is relatively young. It was established around a steel mill which was set up in order to manufacture high alloy steels and weapons - artillery, heavy machine guns in 1937. The name of the city means "Steel Will". However, it was built on the site of Pławo, a village which had existed since the first half of the 15th century.
The steel mill (HSW S.A.) was a major part of a series of investements made by the Polish government in the years 1936-1939 to create the Central Industrial Region. This was to be a group of factories built in an area in the middle of the country, away from the borders with Germany and the USSR. It was designed to provide a reasonably secure location for the production of armaments and high technology goods.
[edit] Economy
The main employer is sill HSW S.A.(manufacturer of heavy machines and hi-quality alloys), then StahlSchmidt (producer of aluminium rims),then ESW-(coal power plant), Prefabet Stalowa Wola (building materials), Mostostal S.A.(steel construction-bridges, tanks and so on).
[edit] Education
[edit] External links
