Pacanów
Pacanów is a village located in powiat Buski in the Holy Cross Voivodeship in Poland. It has about 1,137 inhabitants (2003 ).
Pacanów is the administrative seat of the rural commune ( gmina wiejska ) Pacanów with 7,800 inhabitants and an area of 123.8 km ². 87 % of the area of the municipality is agricultural land.
History
Pacanów received city rights in 1265. In the 14th century the town had about 800 inhabitants and was then greater than Kielce. In 1700 cholera was raging in the city, which caused numerous deaths. 1854 was followed by a devastating fire disaster. In 1869 a city charter was revoked.
Attractions
In the second half of the 13th century, the St. Martin 's Church ( Kościół Marcina Sw. ) Was built, which was expanded in the 17th century and around 1768.
Przygody Koziołka Matołka
Is Pacanów primarily as a place known to the hero of the very popular in Poland Children's Books Series Przygody Koziołka Matołka Kornel Makuszyński should look for. There is a goat who is convinced that blacksmiths of the town would be willing to fog goat with horseshoes. In the years 1933 and 1934, a total of four books have been published, they were filmed in the form of animated films several times.
Since 2003 takes place in the festival Festiwal Kultury Dziecięcej (Festival of children's culture ) instead.