Małogoszcz

Małogoszcz [maˈwɔɡɔʂt͡ʂ] ⓘ is a town in the Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

Małogoszcz belongs to Lesser Poland; the name of the town comes from ancient Polish given name Małogost.

Małogoszcz was founded in the early days of the Polish statehood as a settlement located at the intersection of medieval merchant routes.

In 1408 Małogoszcz was incorporated as a town, upon order of King Władysław II Jagiełło.

After the Polish victory in the Austro-Polish War of 1809, it was regained by Poles and included within the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw, and after its dissolution in 1815, it fell to the Russian Partition of Poland.

[2] Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Germany until January 1945.

Saint Stanislaus church, built in the 16th century