Myszków

History

The history of the town called Myszków is very short, and goes back to 1825, when the commune (gmina) of Myszków was created, part of Kielce Voivodeship. It was incorporated as a town in 1950, and the Myszków County was created in 1956. After World War II (August 1945), Lesser Poland's Myszków was transferred to Silesian – Dąbrowa Voivodeship, which in 1950 changed name to Katowice Voivodeship. In 1975 Myszków became part of Częstochowa Voivodeship, and in 1983 the town expanded, when the villages of Potasznia, Mrzygłód, Mrzygłódka, Nierada, Krwciwilk, Ręby, Łabry and Smudzówka were annexed. As a result, currently Myszków covers a large area – it is the 139th most populated town of Poland, but the 50th in terms of territory.

Geography

Myszków occupies the area of , of which 56% is arable land, and 22% forests. Since 1925 it has been the seat of a gmina, but Myszków officially remained a village until 1950, when it received town charter. Today's Myszków is made of a number of former villages, towns and settlements (Mrzygłód, Nowa Wieś, Pohulanka, Będusz, Helenówka, Myszków, Mijaczów, Ciszówka), which had existed here for centuries. The town is located on the elevation of 280 meters above sea level, in a valley between Silesian Highlands and Polish Jura, and some of its districts are part of the Jura Landscape Parks. Myszków is characteristic for its settlement type of architecture, which is the result of mergers of numerous villages into its borders. Myszków is informally divided into 22 administrative districts (dzielnica) or boroughs: * Stary Myszków * Nowy Myszków * Mijaczów * Pohulanka * Mrzygłód * Mrzygłódka * Będusz * Nowa Wieś * Gruchla * Kręciwilk * Ciszówka * Czarna Struga * Helenówka * Osińska Góra * Potasznia * Nierada * Bory * Smudzówka * Labry * Michałów * Połomia-Myszków * Ręby

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  375
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  328
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  306
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  292
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  280
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  248
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  229
• Eurasian Jay

  Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  228

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