Kossów [ˈkɔssuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radków, within Włoszczowa County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Radków, 18 km (11 mi) south of Włoszczowa, and 47 km (29 mi) south-west of the regional capital Kielce.[1]
Kossów | |
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Village | |
  Kossów | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′48″N 20°1′40″E / 50.69667°N 20.02778°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Świętokrzyskie |
| County | Włoszczowa |
| Gmina | Radków |
| Population | 360 |
| Website | http://www.kossow.republika.pl/ |
For centuries Kossow belonged to Lelów County, Kraków Voivodeship, historic province of Lesser Poland. It is not known when it received Magdeburg rights: probably this happened some time in the 14th century. Jan Długosz wrote that in the 15th century it already was a private town. Kossow remained a small town, losing its charter in 1869, as a punishment for January Uprising.
The village has wooden church of Our Lady of Częstochowa (17th century, rebuilt in 1937 and 1958), wooden bell tower (17th century), and a 19th-century water mill.