At the beginning of the 16th century , Połaniec was burned to the ground by the Crimean Tatars , so that King Zygmunt Stary lowered the residents ' taxes . In 1526 the town was once again in a conflagration . In the mid-16th century , a town hall , funded by hetman Jan Tarnowski was erected in Połaniec . At the beginning of the 17th century , a hospital was built . In 1772 ( see Partitions of Poland ) , Połaniec suddenly became a border town , when the Austrian province of Galicia was created . Establishing a border along the Vistula slowed economic development in Połaniec . In 1794 the town was one of centres of the Kościuszko Uprising : it was the scene of the Proclamation of Połaniec on May 7 , 1794 . In 1795 the town was annexed by the Austrian Empire , and in 1815 it became part of Russian-controlled Congress Poland . On June 1 , 1869 , as a punishment for the January Uprising , it lost its town privileges . At that time , its population was around 2,000 . While in the Kielce Voivodeship during the Second Polish Republic Połaniec suffered badly in the 1934 floods . Połaniec had a large Jewish population , who were murdered in the Holocaust by Germans and polish collaborators . In the 1970s , the '' Tadeusz Kościuszko Power Plant '' was built , and in 1980 , Połaniec regained its town rights
1934 floods
1934 flood in Poland
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