Sobków

Sobków [ˈsɔpkuf] is a town in Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.

Sobkow has a railway station, which is located three kilometers northwest of the village, along a main line from Kraków to Kielce.

It was founded as a town in 1563 by Grand Treasurer of the Crown Stanisław Sobek in the area of the village of Nida, and named after him.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the private town belonged to several families, such as the Drohojewski, the Wielopolski, the Sarbiewski, the Myszkowski, and the Szaniawski (since 1725).

Sobków remained a small town, whose development was limited due to proximity of well-established local urban and trade centers at Checiny and Jędrzejów.

Following the example of many other places in northern Lesser Poland, Sobków lost its town charter in 1869, after the January Uprising.

Fortalicja in the 1940s
Fortalicja