Tucznawa

Tucznawa (until 1960 called Tuczna Baba) is a district of the city of Dąbrowa Górnicza, in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

It is located 11.5 km (7.1 mi) south-east of the city centre and along the route Dąbrowa Górnicza – Zawiercie.

Tucznawa itself is divided into a few smaller parts: Smardz, Piaski, Rogatka, New Bugaj and Przymiarki (some sources recognize the last as a separate district).

Tucznawa was mentioned in Liber Beneficiorum Dioecesis Cracoviensis by Polish medieval chronicler, Jan Długosz.

The railroad of Warsaw–Vienna railway (Kolej Warszawsko-Wiedeńska) runs through the district (the closest station is Dąbrowa Górnicza Sikorka).

In 1953 the local fire department (OSP) received its first banner funded by inhabitants of the village (with the title Tuczna Baba).

On 19 January 1985 Stanisław Nowak, the bishop of Częstochowa founded a parish of Tucznawa dedicated to the Transfiguration.

Inscriptions on the plaque on the front side of the monument tell: For the glory of Poland's name he died during his flight over Atlantic on 13 July 1929 The Trzebyczka river flows through Tucznawa.

Monument commemorating Ludwik Idzikowski in Tucznawa. It was rebuilt in 2010 but the stone with plaque are parts of the original obelisk from 1929.
Chapel in Tucznawa