Kłobuck

Infobox Settlement
name = Kłobuck


image_shield = POL Kłobuck COA.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kłobuck County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Kłobuck
elevation_min_m = 240
elevation_max_m = 270
area_total_km2 = 47.53
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 13193
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 50
latm = 55
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 56
longs =
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 42-100
website = http://www.klobuck.pl

Kłobuck [IPA-pl|'|k|ł|o|b|u|c|k] ( _de. Klobutzko) is a town in Poland, with 13,254 inhabitants (2004). Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, about 15 km northwest of Częstochowa, it is the capital of Klobuck County. Before WW II the city had a very lively Jewish community of about 2,000 persons. Most of them were killed during the German occupation.

Transport

Main road connections from the Kłobuck include connection with Wieluń (to the north-west) and Częstochowa (to the south-east) via the National Road AS-droga|K|43.

External links

* [http://clobuk.republika.pl/ Webpage about the city]
* [http://www.bip.klobuck.akcessnet.net/ Information about local city government]
* [http://www.klobuck.pl/english/index.php Kłobuck County webpage]
* [http://www.pilot.pl/index.php3?Z_CITY_NAME=klobuck&form_t=1&lang=pl Kłobuck on the map, via www.pilot.pl]
* [http://users.skynet.be/alec.vuijlsteke/klobuck.html The Jewish community life in Kłobuck before WW II]