Kossów

For the town formerly known as Kossów or Kossów Poleski, see Kosava, Belarus. For similarly named places, see Kosiv and Kosów (disambiguation).
Kossów
Village
Kossów
Coordinates: 50°41′48″N 20°1′40″E / 50.69667°N 20.02778°E / 50.69667; 20.02778
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Świętokrzyskie
County Włoszczowa
Gmina Radków
Population 360
Website http://www.kossow.republika.pl/

Kossów [ˈkɔssuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radków, within Włoszczowa County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Radków, 18 km (11 mi) south of Włoszczowa, and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kielce.[1]

The village has a population of 360.

For centuries Kossow belonged to Lelów County, Kraków Voivodeship, historic province of Lesser Poland. It is not known when it received Magdeburg rights: probably this happened some time in the 14th century. Jan Długosz wrote that in the 15th century it already was a private town. Kossow remained a small town, losing its charter in 1869, as a punishment for January Uprising.

The village has wooden church of Our Lady of Częstochowa (17th century, rebuilt in 1937 and 1958), wooden bell tower (17th century), and a 19th-century water mill.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 50°41′48″N 20°1′40″E / 50.69667°N 20.02778°E / 50.69667; 20.02778

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