Raków, Kielce County
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Raków is a village in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland.
Raków was founded in 1569 by castellan Jan Sienieński of Żarnów as the centre of the Polish Brethren, a place of religious tolerance. The coat of arms, a cancer, derives from Jadwiga Gnoińska.
Until the 1630s, the town had grown to 15,000 inhabitants, with businesses centering around the Academy of the Socinians.
In 1639, during counterreformation, the polish Sejm banned their faith. The inhabitants were expelled, many buildings destroyed. Later destruction was brought by Cossacks and Hungarians in 1657.
To counter Unitarianism, a Catholic Church dedicated to Holy Trinity was build there.
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