Gielniów

Town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Coat of arms

51°23′N 20°29′E / 51.383°N 20.483°E / 51.383; 20.483Country

PolandVoivodeshipMasovianCountyPrzysuchaGminaGielniówElevation

209 m (686 ft)Population

• Total1,100Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationWPY

Gielniów [ˈɡʲɛlɲuf] is a town in Przysucha County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gielniów.^[1] It lies northern part of historic Lesser Poland, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Przysucha and 100 km (62 mi) south of Warsaw.

History

Gielniów used to be a town from 1455 until either 1869 or 1870. It received Magdeburg rights due to efforts of a local nobleman Tomasz Mszczuj of Brzezinki. Until the Partitions of Poland, Gielniów belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province, but it remained a very small town, whose population was app. 100 (as for the mid-17th century). In 1815-1915, Gielniów was part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland, losing its town charter after the failed January Uprising. In the mid-19th century, its population was app. 500, and after losing the charter, Gielniów declined.