Tarłów
| Tarłów | ||
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  Tarłów | ||
| Coordinates: 51°0′7″N 21°42′52″E / 51.00194°N 21.71444°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland | |
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie | |
| County | Opatów | |
| Gmina | Tarłów | |
| Population | 790 | |
| Postal code | 27-515 | |
| Area code(s) | +48 15 | |
| Car plates | TOP | |
| Website | http://www.tarlow.pl/ | |
Tarłów [ˈtarwuf] is a village (a town in 1550-1870) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarłów. It lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Opatów and 79 km (49 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.[1] The village has a population of 790, and belongs to historic province of Lesser Poland.
The history of Tarłów dates back to 1550, when a local nobleman, Andrzej Tarło, founded the town named after himself, which replaced the already existing village of Czekarzewice. Tarłów received its charter in 1550 from King Zygmunt August, in Piotrków Trybunalski. The town’s inhabitants, thanks to the King’s order, were exempt from paying taxes for 20 years. In 1614 Tarłów got its first, wooden church, founded by Mikołaj Oleśnicki. In 1636 a hospital was opened, and in 1647, the wooden church was replaced with a brick church of Holy Trinity, which still stands.
During the Deluge, Swedish invaders destroyed and ransacked most of Lesser Poland’s towns, including Tarłów. After the wars, the town never recovered. In 1851, when Tarłów already belonged to the Russian-controlled Congress Poland, it almost completely burned - all that remained were four houses and the church. During the January Uprising Tarłów was one of the centers of the rebellion, for which in 1869 the Russians stripped it of the town rights. In 1873, a pandemic of cholera decimated the population, including local artisans, famous for their pots. In 1877 Tarłów got a courthouse of the gmina, and in 1905 - first fire station. In 1927, the government of the Second Polish Republic opened here an elementary school, in a complex which is still used. In 1915, during World War I, 1st Brigade, Polish Legions fought here with Russian troops. During World War II, Tarłów's Jewish population was murdered in the Holocaust. In 1943, the Home Army company Tarłów was created, which in the summer 1944 took part in the Operation Tempest.
Points of interest
- Baroque cross-shaped Holy Trinity church (17th century), with bell towers from 1653,
- parish cemetery (late 18th century),
- ruins of a synagogue (1786).
References
Coordinates: 51°0′7″N 21°42′52″E / 51.00194°N 21.71444°E