Editing Kielce (section)

== Etymology ==
According to a local legend, [[Mieszko II Lambert]], son of [[Boleslaus I of Poland]], while hunting, stopped to rest and refresh, and fell asleep. During his sleep, he had a dream he was attacked by a band of brigands in a forest. In the dream he saw a vision of [[Adalbert of Prague|Saint Adalbert]] who drew a winding line which turned into a stream. When Mieszko woke up, he found the Silnica River whose waters helped him regain strength. He also discovered white tusks of an animal, perhaps wild boar. Mieszko announced he would build a town and a church to St. Adalbert at that site. According to this legend, the town's name Kielce commemorates the mysterious tusks ({{lang|pl|kieł}} in Polish). Various other legends exist to explain the name's origin. One states that the town was named after its founder who belonged to the noble family of Kiełcz, while another claims that it stems from the Celts who may have lived in the area in previous centuries. Other theories connect the town's name to occupational names relating to mud huts, iron tips for arrows and spears, or the production of tar ({{lang|pl|pkielce}}, a settlement of tar makers).<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.um.kielce.pl/en/about/legends/|title=Legends / About the city / Kielce City Hall|last=www.ideo.pl|first=ideo -|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref>

The most probable etymology traces the origins of the name to an [[Old Polish]] noun {{lang|pl|kielce}} (plural form of {{lang|pl|kielec}} 'sprout') and refers to plants sprouting in the wetlands where the settlement was located.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dlibra.umcs.lublin.pl/Content/21703/czas17868_27_2009_6.pdf|title=Folk and common etymologies of the toponym of Kielce with ethnic semantics|last=Michow|first=Elżbieta|date=2009|website=Biblioteka Cyfrowa UMCS}}</ref> The earliest extant document referring to the settlement by the name of Kielce dates to 1213.<ref name="history2">{{Cite web |url=http://en.kielce.uw.gov.pl/index.php?str=554 |title=Kielce - The Capital |access-date=2009-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624165845/http://en.kielce.uw.gov.pl/index.php?str=554 |archive-date=2013-06-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>