Stradom is a district of

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...

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, located in the southern part of the city.

History

In 1827, Stradom had a population of 282. In 1882, the Stradom textile factory was founded. Stradom was included within the city limits of Częstochowa as a new district in 1928. In the interbellum, the 7th Light Artillery Regiment of the Polish Army was garrisoned in Stradom. At the beginning of the

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during

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, on 14–15 September 1939, the German police arrested around 200 Poles in Stradom.

Education

The Central School of the

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(''Centralna Szkoła Państwowej Straży Pożarnej'') is based in Stradom.

Sports

The local

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team is Stradom Częstochowa.

References

{{reflist Częstochowa Neighbourhoods in Silesian Voivodeship