Sędziszów Małopolski

Sędziszów Małopolski [sɛɲˈd͡ʑiʂuf mawɔˈpɔlskʲi] is a town in Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 12,226 (1 January 2019).

In 1340, after King Casimir III the Great re-captured the former Czerwień Cities, Sędziszów lost its status of a border town.

In 1512 Sędziszów received the rights to organize weekly markets (on Tuesdays), and in 1555, the town passed to the hands of the Tarnowski family.

The Potockis made several investments in Sędziszów Małopolski, building a town hall, a new parish church and a monastery.

Between 1856 and 1858 Sędziszów received rail connections with Kraków and Lwów, and in the First World War, the town was seized by the Russians in September 1914.

In July 1942, the Germans murdered 280 Jews at the ghetto, and the remaining population was transported to Belzec extermination camp, where they perished.

When Peenemünde was bombed in Aug 1943, the Germans relocated the V-2 rocket test facility in the forests just a few kilometres northwest of Sędziszów Małopolski near Blizna.

The area was too far for the British to conduct reconnaissance flights, so it wasn't until the Russians advanced to take the base away from the German SS Commander in August 1944 that the rockets were investigated.

Early-20th-century postcard showing church of The Nativity of Mary in Sędziszów Małopolski
Memorial plaque to fallen partisans of the Home Army
Baroque Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary