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Jędrzejów
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie | ||
| County | Jędrzejów County | ||
| Gmina | Gmina Jędrzejów | ||
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| • Total | 11.37 km2 (4.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 16,577 | ||
| • Density | 1,458/km2 (3,776.1/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 28-300 | ||
| Website | http://www.umjedrzejow.pl/ | ||
Jędrzejów [jɛnˈdʐɛjuf] ( listen) is a town in Poland, located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 35 km southwest of Kielce. It is the capital of Jędrzejów County. It has 18,069 inhabitants (2002).
Jędrzejów was founded in the 12th century, in the vicinity of a Cistercian monastery known as the Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek Church. The town has also another place of worship dating to the same period, the St. Trinity Church. Jędrzejów is known for its Przypkowscy Clock Museum. It has one hotel which doubles as a student accommodation.
Close to Jędrzejów train station (Dworzec PKP) is a historic narrow-gauge station where a 750mm-gauge line (Świętokrzyska Kolej Dojazdowa) runs to Pińczów (part of a once extensive network of narrow-gauge railways in the region). There used to be an interchange with the standard-gauge line, and there are still remains of a turning triangle in the yards of both stations.
South of Jędrzejów, there is a 100 metres tall lattice tower used for radio relay links.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J%C4%99drzej%C3%B3w Jędrzejów] at Wikimedia Commons
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