Czestochowa is situated on the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland Warta. The city has about 255 000 inhabitants and an area of 160 km2. Historically one of the Malopolska.The town has a church and monastery of Jasna Góra with the miraculous image of Our Lady of Czestochowa - the main center of worship of the Virgin Mary in Poland. For this reason, Czestochowa is regarded as the spiritual capital of the Polish.
Częstochowa was founded in the eleventh century. The first mention of the 1220th The name derives from the Slavic name Częstoch. In the years 1370-1393 was the fief of Czestochowa Wladyslaw of Opole, who in 1382 founded a monastery Pauline. Given city rights between 1370 and 1377, and in 1502 took place on location at the Magdeburg Law.
Czestochowa is situated on the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland Warta. The city has about 255 000 inhabitants and an area of 160 km2. Historically one of the Malopolska.The town has a church and monastery of Jasna Góra with the miraculous image of Our Lady of Czestochowa - the main center of worship of the Virgin Mary in Poland. For this reason, Czestochowa is regarded as the spiritual capital of the Polish.
Częstochowa was founded in the eleventh century. The first mention of the 1220th The name derives from the Slavic name Częstoch. In the years 1370-1393 was the fief of Czestochowa Wladyslaw of Opole, who in 1382 founded a monastery Pauline. Given city rights between 1370 and 1377, and in 1502 took place on location at the Magdeburg Law.