Stalowa Wola
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Stalowa Wola is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the river San, with 72,100 inhabitants (2000). Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodship (1975-1998).
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History
The modern city is relatively young, having been built around a steel mill which was established in order to manufacture high alloy steels and guns in 1937. The name of the city means "Steel Will". However, it has been built on the site of the village Pławo which has existed since at least the first half of the 15th century.
The steel mill (HSW) was a major part of a series of investements made by the Polish government in the years 1936-1939 to create the Central Industrial Region. This was to be a group of factories built in an area in the middle of the country, away from the borders with Germany and the USSR. It was designed to provide a reasonably secure location for the production of armaments and high technology goods.
Economy
The steel mill and other manufacturing industries in the city continue to be the primary employers today.
Education
External links
- Stalowka.NET - Portal state Stalowa Wola (http://www.stalowka.net)
- Stalowa Wola webpage (in English) (http://www.stalowawola.pl/english/best.html)
- HSW home page::English version (http://hsw.com.pl/eng/about.htm)fr:Stalowa Wola