Solec nad Wisłą

Solec nad Wisłą [ˈsɔlɛt͡s ˌnad ˈviswɔ̃] is a town in Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

In 1347 King Casimir the Great granted it Magdeburg rights, building here a castle and renovating a parish church.

Solec nad Wisłą was administratively located in the Radom County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown.

During the Swedish invasion of Poland (1655–1660) the prosperous town and the castle were completely destroyed - out of 246 houses, only 6 remained after the war.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Solec was occupied by Germany until 1945.

19th-century painting of the medieval castle by Kazimierz Stronczyński [ pl ]