Bałtów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Bałtów.

Bałtów [ˈbau̯tuf] is a village in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bałtów. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and 68 km (42 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.

Bałtów
Village
Tyrranosaurus model in Bałtów Jurassic Park
Coat of arms
Bałtów
Coordinates: 51°1′N 21°33′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
County	Ostrowiec
Gmina	Bałtów
Population	740
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	27-423
Area code	+48 41

History

The village dates back to the Middle Ages and the rule of the Piast dynasty in Poland. Bałtów's first church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, probably existed in the 11th century. The 15th-century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz mentioned the Bałtów in his chronicles. In the early modern period Bałtów was a private village located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of the Polish Crown. The village often changed owners, including politicians Jacek Małachowski and Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki. For a short period it was a town, getting town rights before 1751 and losing them before 1790. Bałtów ceased to be a private village in 1864.

Places of interest

• Large dinopark (called JuraPark)
• Drucki-Lubecki Palace from the 19th century
• Church of Our Lady of Sorrows dated to 1697
• Watermill from the 19th century
• A 19th-century cemetery with the chapel of the Drucki-Lubecki family
• Wooden chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

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  Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
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  Drucki-Lubecki Palace
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  Watermill from the 19th century
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  JuraPark

External links

• View on Terraserver