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History At present Starachowice there was a forge, leased in the 16th century by the Starzechowic, hence probably the name of the village. Next to the forge in the present city was the city of Wierzbnik (today constitutes the oldest historic part of Starachowice). Until 1817, the settlement was owned by the Cistercian Order of Wąchock, who in 1789 built a stove here. In 1815 the mill was taken over by the government of the Kingdom of Poland. In the first half of the 19th century, Starachowice became the largest metal industry center of the Kingdom of Poland, part of the so- Staropolski Industrial Basin, according to plan by Stanisław Staszic - extension of the iron industry along the Kamienna River with the main center in Starachowice (1817) under the direction of Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki. In 1899 a large stove was opened, the settlement became an important center of mining and iron industry. In 1939, Wierzbnik, the Starachowice factory settlement and the Starachowice village were merged and Starachowice-Wierzbnik was established. In 1949 the name of the whole town was changed to Starachowice. In the interwar period Starachowice was an important center of the armaments industry, because of its location in the Central Industrial District, the production of licensed Bofors was held here. There were numerous iron ore mines, steel mills (hence the city's coat of arms crossed metallurgical and mining tools) to which a dense narrow gauge railway brought the ore from the surrounding mines. During the Second World War Wierzbnik (largely inhabited by Jews) was created, after its liquidation in 1942 Jews were transported to camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka. During the Nazi occupation, the Nazis at the ore mines set up a "Majowka" camp, where prisoners were used for slave labor in the ironworks. The camp operated until 1944. In memory of the Battle of Starachowice, which took place in September 1939, one of the most important intersections is a war cannon commemorating the heroes of the city. After the war in 1948 in Starachowice, the "Star" Truck Factory was created in Starachowice. Feliks Dzierjinski. FSC "STAR" for years has been the main employer in the city, employing more than 20,000 workers. Thanks to it, Starachowice has developed dynamically and expanded and numerous housing estates of high standard have been developed. The city was an important automotive center in the People's Republic of Poland. Apart from FSC, there were also other plants, ie the only plant in Poland that was still in production today, Starachowice Wood Industry Company (one of the three largest sawmills in Poland at that time), and by 1968 a blast furnace. However, with the collapse of a centrally managed economy, the monoculture of employment has collapsed. FSC "STAR" as it was the cause of the economic success Starachowice, so it became the cause of the problems of the city. The collapse of exports at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s to the Eastern Bloc countries has resulted in significant layoffs. The factory brought the city a wave of unemployment [need a footnote], itself in the 90s had several owners, the plant was split. At the end of the 1990s, MAN became the owner of MAN, now buses are being manufactured at MAN Bus. At that time the Special Economic Zone "SSE Starachowice" was created in the city.