Stefanków, Szydłowiec County

See also: Stefanków, Grójec County

Stefanków
Village
Entrance to the village
Stefanków
Coordinates: 51°15′20″N 20°42′46″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Szydłowiec
Gmina	Chlewiska
Population	184
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	WSZ
Primary airport	Radom Airport

Stefanków [stɛˈfaŋkuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chlewiska, within Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Chlewiska, 10 km (6 mi) west of Szydłowiec, and 109 km (68 mi) south of Warsaw.

History

Within the Polish Kingdom, the village was administratively located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

In 1827, it had a population of 101.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on March 29, 1940, the Germans murdered 69 Poles from Stefanków in a massacre committed in the Firlej district in the city of Radom (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warsaw. 1890. p. 316.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 253.