| Bałtów | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Świętokrzyskie |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ostrowiec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bałtów |
| Coordinates: | 51.0167°N 54°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Population Total: | 740 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 27-423 |
| Area Code: | +48 41 |
Bałtów is a village in Ostrowiec County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bałtów. It lies approximately 15km (09miles) northeast of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and 680NaN0 east of the regional capital Kielce.[1]
The village dates back to the Middle Ages and the rule of the Piast dynasty in Poland. Bałtów's first church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, probably existed in the 11th century. The 15th-century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz mentioned the Bałtów in his chronicles. In the early modern period Bałtów was a private village located in the Sandomierz Voivodeship of the Polish Crown. The village often changed owners, including politicians Jacek Małachowski and Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki. For a short period it was a town, getting town rights before 1751 and losing them before 1790.[2] Bałtów ceased to be a private village in 1864.