Miejscowość w Gminie Brzesko, położona przy trasie kolejowej Kraków - Medyka (części dawnego szlaku kolejowego Wiedeń-Lwów)

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Sterkowiec, Starkowiecz or Styrkowiec is also known as Damianice, which is how Sterkowiec was called in medieval manuscripts. In the years 1564-1581 the settlement belonged to Jan Rupniewski, coat of arms Szreniawa. Until 1890 the settlement was part of Dębno. Due to the fact that Sterkowiec was situated in close proximity to a major rail route, a railway station was built there in 1928. In the town there is a war cemetery, No. 279, from the time of the Great War with the graves of 108 Austrians and 40 Russians. The cemetery was designed by Lieutenant Robert Motka. In the centre of the cemetery there is a monument in the form of a truncated pyramid with stone balls and a cross on the top and a German inscription plaque - "UNS DER KAM Fried EILIGER ALS EUCH - ("Peace came sooner to us than to you."). In the village there are many valuable and historic chapels, crosses and roadside figures.