Kolonka is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Pionki
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Gmina Pionki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pionki, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area ...
, within
Radom County
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Radom County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of
Pionki
Pionki is a town in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, central Poland with 18,846 inhabitants (2016). Surrounded by the ''Kozienice'' Wilderness, Pionki is located in northern part of historic province of Lesser Poland, from Radom, and from Wa ...
, north-east of
Radom
Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship. Radom is the fifteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province w ...
, and south of
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
.
During the World War II in the Kolonka's forest was a guerrilla group of
Armia Krajowa
The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...
. Lieutenant "Longin" Dąbkowski and Stanisław Siczek "Jeleń" took the command of this group.
From 1945 to 1975 the village belonged to the former
Kielce Voivodeship
Kielce Voivodeship () is a former unit of administrative division and the local government in Poland. It was originally formed during Poland's return to independence in the aftermath of World War One, and recreated within the new Polish borders af ...
, and from 1975 to 1998 to the former
Radom Voivodeship
Radom Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Radom.
Major cities and towns (population in 1995)
* Radom (232,300) ...
.
In Kolonka is the stadium of People's Sport Club "Jodła Jedlnia-Letnisko" (since 1949).
References
Further reading
* Wojciech Borzobohaty, "''"Jodła" Okręg Radomsko-Kielecki ZWZ-AK 1939-1945''", Warsaw 1988, .
* ks. Józef Gacki, "''Jedlnia w niej kościół i akta obelnego prawa''", Radom 1874.
External links
Sports club website
Gallery
Image:SSiczek.jpg, Stanisław Siczek, famous guerilla in Kolonka 1939-1945
Image:Kolonka.JPG, Chapel in Kolonka forest
Image:Pomnik w Kolonce.JPG, Commongrave 1939-1945 in Kolonka forest
Image:Kolonka stadion.jpg, Stadium in Kolonka (People's Sport Club "Jodla Jedlnia-Letnisko")
Villages in Radom County
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