Truskolasy, Silesian Voivodeship

Truskolasy is a town in the municipality Wreczyca Wielka in powiat Kłobucki in Silesia in Poland. 2008 it had 2044 inhabitants. Truskolasy is about eleven kilometers southwest of Kłobuck and 68 kilometers north of the Silesian capital of Katowice.

History

The first mention of the church in Liber beneficiorum dioecesis Cracoviensis the historian and geographer January Dlugosz and later in a document of the province of Krakow exists from 1564. From the early 18th century a wooden church today.

Because of nearby iron ore deposits quickly developed in the region, a mining industry and metallurgy. Received iron crosses in the early 19th century on a municipal cemetery testify to the skills of local residents. In the 19th century, established beyond a factory for tablespoon.

The village was largely inhabited by Jews, 1921 of which 266 were counted. In September 1939, about half of the village was burnt down by the Nazis and 75 people, mostly Jews killed.

Traffic

The Droga wojewódzka 494 ( voivodeship ) runs through the town.

Sports

The city's football club Olimpia Truskolasy plays in the fourth highest league in the country.

Personalities

Became known for the community through the footballer born there Jakub Błaszczykowski, the at the Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund is under contract since 2007 and twice in Poland was Footballer of the Year.

Even his uncle, the former football player Jerzy Brzęczek, was born there.