Blià ¼yn is a village in Skarà ¼ysko County, à ÂwiÃÂtokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Blià ¼yn. It lies on the Kamienna river and Blià ¼yn Reservoir, approximately west of Skarà ¼ysko-Kamienna and north of the regional capital Kielce.
The village was first mentioned in 1410, when King Wà Âadysà Âaw II Jagieà Âà Âo spent a night there on his way to the battle of Grunwald. It was a private village of Polish nobility, including the Karwowski family, administratively located in the Opoczno County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province.
In 19th century Stanisà Âaw Staszic founded several minor manufactories and factories there, as part of his plan of creation of the "Old Polish Industrial Area". In 1827, it had a population of 150. By the 19th century, the village had a blast furnace and a metalurgical plant. In 1875, over 357 tonnes of raw iron, over 102 tonnes of wrought iron, and over 120 tonnes of iron products and wires were produced in Blià ¼yn.
During World War II, the forests around Blià ¼yn were a German-perpetrated mass murder site of Polish intelligentsia during the so-called AB Action. The German occupiers established and operated a sizeable forced labour camp for Jews in Blià ¼yn.
After the war the forests were made into the Suchedniów-OblÃÂgorek Landscape Park. There are also two forest nature reserves: à Âwinia Góra and Dalejów located south of Blià ¼yn in Puszcza à Âwietokrzyska (Holy Cross Forest). There are also ruins of the 19th-century factories, a notable church and numerous remnants of dinosaurs in the rocky areas around the village.
Local historic landmarks are the stone Saint Louis church, the wooden Saint Sophia chapel, and the Plater Palace, now housing the local Culture Center.
There is a railway station in the village.