Czchów [t͡ʂxuf] is a town in Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,205 inhabitants . It lies on the Dunajec river, and along National Road Nr. 75. In the period 1928 - 2000, Czchów was a village. The history of Czchów dates back to the time when this part of Poland probably belonged to Great Moravia. Some sources claim that the very name of the town is of Czech origin, as in the documents from the 13th century, it was spelled Czechou, Cechou, and Cehiov. According to Jan Długosz, among first residents of the settlements were Germans, captured by King Bolesław Chrobry during his wars with the Holy Roman Empire. In 1280, Prince...
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