Bliżyn
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Bliżyn (['bliʒɨn] ) - a village in Poland, in the Skarżysko County of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. The village is located at the Kamienna river and Bliżyn Reservoir, has approximately 2000 inhabitants and is the centre of a separate commune.
The village was first mentioned in 1410, when King Władysław Jagiełło spent a night there on his way to the battle of Grunwald. In 19th century Stanisław Staszic founded several minor manufactories and factories there, as part of his plan of creation of the Old Polish Industrial Area. During the World War II the forests around Bliżyn were a mass murder site of Polish intelligentsia during the so-called AB Action. After the war the forests were made into the Suchedniów-Oblęgorek Landscape Park. There are also two forest nature reserves: Świnia Góra and Dalejów located south of Bliżyn in Puszcza Świetokrzyska [Holly Cross Forest]. There are also ruins of the 19th century factories, a notable church and numerous remnants of the dinosaurs in the rocky areas around the village.
