Radom

Template:Infobox Poland Radom (Audio file "Radom.ogg" not found) is a city in central Poland with 227 309 inhabitants. It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodship (since 1999), previously capital of Radom Voivodship (1975-1998), 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.

It is home to the annual Radom Air Show - the greatest and most attended air show in Poland organized around September each two years. "Radom" is also the popular unofficial name for a semiautomatic 9mm Parabellum pistol of Polish design (the Model 35/ViS-35) designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypinski (hence the designation "ViS") which had been in production from 1935-1945 at the national arsenal located in the city.

History

It was founded in 1340 and during the partitions of Poland it was held successively by Austria and Russia in the 19th century before returning to Poland after World War I in 1918. The main industries include leather, glass, and chemicals.

Important dates

8th-9th century - early mediaeval town in the valley of the Mleczna River (approximately on the location of present-day Old Town)
2nd half of 10th century - fortified town called Piotrówka
1155 - first mention about Radom (Pope Adrian IV bull)
around 1300 - Old Radom gratnted with Środa Śląska rights
1340 - Casimir III founds New Radom (Nowy Radom)
1360-1370 - Casimir III founds St. John's Church
1364 - Radom granted with Magdeburg law
1383 - Jadwiga of Poland accepted by a Sejm held in Radom as a king of Poland
1401 - First union of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania signed in Radom
1481 - Radom becomes a de-facto capital of Poland after Casimir IV of Poland moves to Lithuania and his son, Saint Casimir to be, ruled the country in his absence from Radom
1489 - Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, John von Tieffen pays tribute to Casimir IV of Poland in Radom castle
1505 - a Sejm in Radom passes the Nihil novi constitution and Laski's Statute, the first real bill of rights of Poland
1564 - 1800 inhabitants, 180 houses, 14 butchers' shops, 2 baths and 2 wells
1613 - Radom becomes the place where the Highest Fiscal Courts are held
1628 - Great fire destroys the town
1656 - Charles X of Sweden stays in town during The Deluge
1660 - the city plundered by Sweden; after they leave the town has 395 inhabitants and 37 houses
1737-1756 - Kolegium Pijarów school founded
1763 - Fiscal Tribunal moved to Warsaw; the town has 1370 inhabitants and 137 buildings
1795 - After the 3rd Partition Radom is annexed by Austria
1817 - First lay school founded
1819 - Fryderyk August Schnierstein opens a tannery, the date is considered a start of towns industrialization
1844 - Radom becomes the capital of Radom-Kielce government
1867 - Creation of Radom government; the sewers are built
1885 - Dęblin-Dąbrowa Górnicza railway opened
1901 - electricity plant opened
1911 - Radom has 51.934 inhabitants
1920-1939 - Radom becomes a part of Central Industrial Area (Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy); Chemical Plant, arms and munitions factory, gas works, telephone and shoe factories are founded
1935 - Radom-Warsaw railway opened
1938 - 90.059 inhabitants
1939-1945 - capital of Radom district of the General Government
January 16, 1945 - liberation
1948-1975 - Theatre (Teatr Dramatyczny) and an engineering school are opened.
1975 - the city becomes a capital of the Radom Voivodship
June 25, 1976 - Huge workers' strike against the communist regime; the town becomes one of the main centres of anti-communist opposition in Poland
June 4, 1991 - Pope John Paul II visits the city
1996 - Radomska Wyższa Szkoła Inżynierska promoted to the rank of a Radom Technical University (Politechnika Radomska)
1999 - Radom becomes the capital of Radom County of the Masovian Voivodship
May 25, 2002 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger visits the city

Tourists attractions

St Waenceslaus church in the Old Town Square: founded by Leszek I the White, built in the 13th century in gothic style
St John the Baptist church: founded by Casimir III, built in the years 1360-1370 in gothic style, and re-constructed many times
Bernardine church and monastery: founded by Casimir IV of Poland, built in the years 1468-1507
Holy Trinity Church: built in the years 1619-1627 in the baroque style, burned in a fire and was rebuilt in the years 1678-1691
Gąska's and Esterka's Houses: 16th / 17th century
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession: built in 1785
Building of city council: built in the years 1825-1827, designed in classicis style by Antonio Corazzi
City hall: built in the years 1847-1848
Cathedral of Virgin Mary: built in the years 1899-1908 in neo-gothic style
Tool gates: built in the 19th century in classicis style

Culture

Cinemas

Hel www
Helios www

Theatre

Jan Kochanowski Theatre www

Museums and art galleries

Jacek Malczewski Museum www
Modern art museum www
Scouting Museum
"Elektrownia" - Power station built in 1903, renewed as a Modern art gallery
Cultural Heritage Gallery of Radom
Skansen in Radom www

Education

Radom is home to about 20 schools of higher education.

Instytut Teologiczny Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Radomiu - department of theology
Kolegium Nauczycielskie - www
Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych - www
Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych - www
Niepubliczne Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych TWP - www
Radom Technical University (Politechnika Radomska) - www
Higher Environment Protection College (Prywatna Wyższa Szkoła Ochrony Środowiska) - www
Radomska Szkoła Zarządzania
Warsaw Agricultural University - department in Radom (Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie)
College of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Kolegium licencjackie Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej) - www
Warsaw University - department in Radom (Uniwersytet Warszawski)- www www
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University - department in Radom (Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej) - www
Wyższa Inżynierska Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa i Organizacji Pracy - www
Higher Business College (Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu) - www
Higher Financial and Banking College (Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Bankowości) - www
Higher Merchant College (Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa) - www
Higher Seminary (Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne) - www
Higher Journalis College (Wyższa Szkoła Dziennikarska) - www
Zespół Szkół Medycznych - www

Sports

File:Radomiak.gif Radomiak Radom - men's football team, founded in 1910, currently playing in 2nd league.

Famous people

Famous people who have been born, have lived or have worked in Radom:

Mikołaj z Radomia - composer
Józef Brandt - painter
Iga Cembrzyńska - actress
Tytus Chałubiński - physician, professor of the Medical-Surgical Academy and of the Principal School in Warsaw
Małgorzata Foremniak - actress
Jan Kochanowski - poet, writer
Oskar Kolberg - ethnographer, composer
Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz - philosopher, sociologist
Leszek Kołakowski - philosopher
Jacek Malczewski - painter
Dariusz Rosati - MEP, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs

Politics

Radom constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Radom constituency

Witold Bałażak (LPR)
Ewa Kopacz (PO)
Wanda Łyżwińska (Samoobrona)
Mirosław Maliszewski (PSL)
Marzena Paduch (Samoobrona)
Marek Suski (PIS)
Marek Wikiński (SLD),
Lucyna Wiśniewska (PIS)
Marzena Wróbel (PIS)

External links

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