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Kolonka is a
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Pionki __NOTOC__ Gmina Pionki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pionki, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area ...
, within
Radom County Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The ...
, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of
Pionki Pionki is a town in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, central Poland with 18 846 inhabitants (2016). Surrounded by the ''Kozienice'' Wilderness, Pionki is located in northern part of historic province of Lesser Poland, from Radom, and from ...
, north-east of
Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1 ...
, and south of
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
. During the World War II in the Kolonka's forest was a guerrilla group of
Armia Krajowa The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...
. Lieutenant "Longin" Dąbkowski and Stanisław Siczek "Jeleń" took the command of this group. From 1945 to 1975 the village belonged to the former
Kielce Voivodeship Kielce Voivodeship ( pl, województwo kieleckie) is a former unit of administrative division and the local government in Poland. It was originally formed during Poland's return to independence in the aftermath of World War One, and recreated within ...
, and from 1975 to 1998 to the former
Radom Voivodeship Radom Voivodeship () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by Masovian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Radom. Major cities and towns (population in 1995) * Radom (232,300) ...
. In Kolonka is the stadium of People's Sport Club "Jodła Jedlnia-Letnisko" (since 1949).


References


Further reading

* Wojciech Borzobohaty, "''"Jodła" Okręg Radomsko-Kielecki ZWZ-AK 1939-1945''", Warsaw 1988, . * ks. Józef Gacki, "''Jedlnia w niej kościół i akta obelnego prawa''", Radom 1874.


External links


Sports club website


Gallery

Image:SSiczek.jpg, Stanisław Siczek, famous guerilla in Kolonka 1939-1945 Image:Kolonka.JPG, Chapel in Kolonka forest Image:Pomnik w Kolonce.JPG, Commongrave 1939-1945 in Kolonka forest Image:Kolonka stadion.jpg, Stadium in Kolonka (People's Sport Club "Jodla Jedlnia-Letnisko") Kolonka {{Radom-geo-stub