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Solectwa(City/Town) in Miasta Krakow 
Azory, Bielany, Bienczyce, Biezanow,Borek Falecki, Bronowice Wielkie, Chalupki, Clo, Czyzyny,
Debniki, Grebalow, Kobierzyn, Koscielniki, Kosocice, Kostrze, Krakow, Krowodrza, Krzyszkowice,
Kujawy, Leg, Lobzow, Lubocza, Luczanowice, Mistrzejowice, Mydlniki, Nowa Huta, Olszanica,
Opatkowice, Plaszow, Podgorze, Prokocim, Przegorzaly, Przewoz, Przylasek Wyciaski, Pychowice,
Rakowice, Ruszcza, Rybitwy, Sidzina, Soboniowice, Stryjow, Swoszowice, Tonie, Tyniec, Wadow,
Wegrzynowice, Witkowice, Wola Duchacka, Wola Justowska, Wroblowice, Wrozenice, Wyciaze,
Zbydniowice

Brief History of KRAKOW (CRACOW)

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Czernichów 
Czernichow, Czulowek, Dabrowa Szlachecka, Kamien, Klokoczyn, Nowa Wies Szlachecka,
Przeginia Duchowna, Przeginia Narodowa, Ratanice, Rusocice, Rybna, Wolowice, Zagacie

Brief History of Czernichow
A stone Gothic Church with Rococo interior was built here in the 15th century and later
enlarged and remodeled in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also near by is a stone Rosary Chapel
built mid-17th century.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Igol~omia-Wawrzenczyce 
Dobranowice, Igolomia, Kozlica, Odwisle, Pobiednik Maly, Pobiednik Wielki, Rudno Gorne,
Stregoborzyce, Tropiszow, Wawsrzenczyce, Wygnanow, Zlotniki, Zofipole, Zydow

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Iwanowice 
Biskupice, Celiny, Damice, Domiarki, Grzegorzowice Male, Grzegorzowice Wielkie,
Iwanowice Dworskie, Iwanowice Wloscianskie, Krasieniec Zakupny, Lesieniec, Maszkow, Narama,
Poskwitow Nowy, Poskwitow Stary, Przestansko, Sieciechowice, Stary Krasieniec, Sulkowice,
Widoma, Wladyslaw, Zagaje, Zalesie, Zerkowice

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Jerzmanowice-Przeginia 
Czubrowice, Gotkowice, Jerzmanowice, Lazy, Pieskowa Skala, Przeginia, Raclawice,
Saspow, Szklary

Brief History of Jerzmanowice
This small town is the site of two churches, one built in 1696 and the other built in the
early 19th century. The first church was built to commemorate the victory of King Sobieski
at Vienna.

Brief History of Pieskowa Skala
A large castle was built here in the 14th century and later added to in the 15th and 17th
century. It was turned into a Renaissance mansion with fortifications. It was restored after
World War II and houses a branch of the Wawel National Art Collection.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca 
Baranowka, Czulice, Dojazdow, Gleboka, Goszcza, Goszyce, Karniow, Kocmyrzow, Krzysztoforzyce,
Lososkowice, Luborzyca, Luczyce, Maciejowice, Marszowice, Pietrzejowice, Prusy,
Rawalowice, Sadowie, Skrzeszowice, Sulechow, Wiktorowice, Wilkow, Wola Luborzycka, 
Wysiolek Luborzycki, Zastow

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Krzeszowice 
Czatkowice, Czerna, Debnik, Dubie, Filipowice, Frywald, Gluchowki, Krzeszowice, Lany, Miekinia,
Nawojowa Gora, Nowa Gora, Ostreznica, Paczoltowice, Paryz, Rudno, Sanka, Siedlec, Tenczynek,
Wola Filipowska, Zalas, Zary, Zbik

Brief History of Krzeszowice
A Church in the Neo-Gothic style was erected here 1832-1847. Count Potocki built a large palace
here in the mid-19th century.

Brief History of Czerna
A Carmelite Monastery was established here in the 17th century built on a square base in the
Baroque style. A church is enclosed inside the walls.

Brief History of Paczoltowice
This is the site of a wooden Gothic Church built 1518-1520, with a Renaissance altar 
dedicated to St. Nicholas. The interior has a painted late-Gothic triptych and Baroque and
Gothic statures.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Liszki 
Baczyn, Budzyn, Cholerzyn, Chrosna, Czulow, Jeziorzany, Kaszow, Kryspinow, Liszki, Mnikow,
Morawica, Piekary, Raczna, Sciejowice

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Michal~owice 
Gorna Wies, Konczyce, Kozierow, Ksiazniczki, Maslomiaca, Michalowice, Mlodziejowice,
Pielgrzymowice, Prawda, Raciborowice, Sieborowice, Stare Wieclawice, Stare Zagorzyce,
Wieclawice, Wilczkowice, Wola Wieclawska, Zagorzyce, Zagorzyce Dworskie, Zdzieslawice,
Zerwana

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Mogilany 
Brzyczyna, Bukow, Chorowice, Gaj, Konary, Kulerzow, Libertow, Lusina, Mogilany, Wlosan

Brief History of Mogilany
The park provides a good view of the Tatras Mountains. It was laid out in the 16th century
in a geometrical manner. The manor is now a holiday center for the Krakow Branch of the 
Polish Academy of Sciences. The parish church dates to 1605 with remodeling in the 19th and
20th centuries.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Skal~a 
Barbarka, Cianowice Duze, Cianowice Male, Golyszyn, Maszyce, Minoga, Niebyla, Nowa Wies,
Ojcow, Poreba Laskowska, Przybyslawice, Rzeplin, Skala, Smardzowice, Sobieseki, Stoki,
Szczodrkowice, Zamlynie


Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Skawina 
Borek Szlachecki, Facimiech, Goluchowice, Grabie, Jaskowice, Jurczyce, Kopanka, Krzecin,
Ochodza, Polanka Hallera, Pozowice, Radziszow, Rzozow, Wielkie Drogi, Wola Radziszowska,
Zelczyna

Brief History of Ojcow
High on a rock towering over the valley is the ruins of a 14th century castle. It is 
said to have been built by King Casimir the Great. It now houses a small natural science
collection. There are also nearby in the valley some old village architecture including a
working watermill.

Brief History of Skawina
The site of a Gothic Church built in 1364, rebuilt after fires in 1720 and 1826, and enlarged
in the 20th century. The high altar has a picture of the crucifixion dating to 1640.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Sl~omniki 
Bronczyce, Czechy, Janikowice, Kacice, Kepa, Lipna Wola, Milocice, Muniakowice, Niedzwiedz,
Orlow, Osiedle, Polanowice, Prandocin, Prandocin-Ily, Prandocin-Wysiolek, Ratajow, Slomniki,
Smrokow, Szczepanowice, Tratnowice, Waganowice, Wesola, Wezerow, Zaborze, Zagaje Smrokowskie

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Sul~oszowa 
Suloszowa, Wielmoza, Wola Kalinowska

Brief History of Suloszowa

In this beautiful valley there are many old buildings, enclosed farmsteads called "okoly" 
and many sided granaries. The valley is about 4 miles long.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) S~wia~tniki Górne 
Ochojno, Olszowice, Rzeszotary, Swiatniki Gorne, Wrzasowice

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Wielka Wies~ 
Beblo, Bedkowice, Bialy Kosciol, Czajowice, Giebultow, Modlnica, Modlniczka,
Pradnik Korzkiewski, Szyce, Tomaszowice, Wielka Wies, Wierzchowie

Brief History of Modlnica
A small picturesque village northwest of Krakow is the site of a 18th century manor adorned
on both sides with columnaded porticoes and covered with a French-style shingle roof. Krakow
University uses the place for conferences and official parties. Nearby is a wooden church 
built in the 15th century and later remodeled in the 16th and 17th cemturies. The church 
contains murals dating to 1562 and 1622.

Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Zabierzów 
Aleksandrowice, Balice, Bolechowice, Brzezie, Brzezinka, Brzoskwinia, Burow, Karniowice,
Kleszczow, Kobylany, Kochanow, Mlynka, Niegoszowice, Nielepice, Pisary, Radwanowice, Rudawa,
Rzaska, Szczyglice, Ujazd, Wieckowice, Zabierzow, Zelkow

Brief History of Bolechowice
This small town near Krakow has a stone Gothic Church with some remains of the 14th century structure. Nearby is an 18th century Baroque manor.
Brief History of Karniowice This is the site of an 18th century stone Baroque manor with a stone, six sided chapel built in 1624, complete with dome and latern.
Brief History of Rudawa In the 13th or 14th century a stone Gothic Church was built here. Fragments of murals have been found on the walls of the presbytery and aisle that date to the gothic (1487) and Renaissance (17th century).
Solectwa(City/Town) in Gmina(Community) Zielonki Batowice, Bibice, Bosutow, Brzozowka Korzkiewska, Dziekanowice, Garlica Duchowna, Garlica Murowana, Garliczka, Grebynice, Januszowice, Korzkiew, Osiedle Lokietka, Owczary, Pekowice, Przybyslawice, Trojanowice, Wegrzce, Wola Zachariaszowska, Zielonki
OLD KRAKOW PROVINCE

The old province of Krakow is located in southern central area of Poland. The landscape encompasses a variety of geographic
aspects. North of Krakow the landscape is that of hills and valleys. While just south of the city the elevations are in the
range of 3,000 feet (900 meters). The Vistula River flows west to east through the middle of the province. West of the city
the geologic formations are of the Jurassic period with steep valleys covered with a mixture of shrubs, grass and rocks.

The beginning of human settlement is believed to have been in the valleys of the Vistula and Odra Rivers about 200,000 BC.
Very few traces of this period are left except some palaeolithic sites in the Ojcow caves northwest of Krakow. However, the
New Stone Age (4000 to 1800BC) is evident by the remains of the predominant features of its pottery. The Bronze Age cultures
(1500 to 100 BC) included the Lower Vistula Iwno People who practiced cremation and were sun-worshipers.

The Krakow region is noted for its salt mines at Wielczka and for its valuable deposits of zinc, lead, coal, and other minerals.
Chemicals, paper, textiles, machinery, and soap are among the important manufactures. The city serves the district chiefly as a
commercial center, because of its position on the Vistula River and because serveral rail lines intersect at this point.

The ancient Polish city of Krakow is located 160 miles (258 km) south of Warsaw and owes its political and commercial
importance to its situation at the head of navigation on the Vistula River. It was a thriving trade center when Warsaw was just a
village. The city is the capital of Krakow province and is also know as Cracow and is the third largest city in Poland. It is also
an important industrial center, having expanded after World War II to become the third largest city in Poland. In addition to its
many food processing and mechanical industries, there is a large iron and steel works in the eastern suburb of Nowa Huta.

Nowa Huta which means "New Foundry" has brought both prosperity and problems for Krakow. The mill provides jobs for
35,000 workers but produces poisonous fumes which not only poses health problems for the people but also damages the city's
ancient buildings.

This royal capital for half a millennium, Krakow has witnessed and absorbed more of Polish history than any other city in the
country. Krakow’s architectural monuments place it at the top of Europe's historic cities. Moreover, it came through the last
war unscathed, so it has retained a wealth of old architecture from different periods, with the patina of centuries. The 20th
century has had little impact. The tallest structures on Krakow's skyline are not skyscrapers but the spires of old churches.
No other city in Poland has so many historic buildings and monuments (around 6000), and nowhere else will you encounter
such a vast collection of works of art (2.3 million). UNESCO included the historic center of Krakow on its first list of
the world's cultural heritage. Yet there's more to see than ancient walls. Krakow is not a silent memorial to bygone events.
It is alive and breathing city with the past and present mingling harmoniously. The continuity of its traditions has created
its own peculiar atmosphere, with a bohemian touch, and countless legends have added their aura.

Foremost among these buildings is the Wawel Castle, built on a natural limestone promontory that overlooks the Vistula
River. It retains its medieval walls, towers and its cathedral, which was begun in the 14th century. Its inner courtyard,
rebuilt in Renaissance style, now contains an art gallery and museum. The has city important Romanesque churches and,
fronting on the main square, the Church of St. Mary, with its late Gothic altarpiece by Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz). Standing
in the middle of the main marketplace, Rynek G1owny, is the Sukiennice (Cloth Hall), which was built in the 14th century
and later reconstructed in the Renaissance style. Northeast of Rynek Glowny lies the Czartoryski museum, which houses
Leonard’s Lady with an Ermine and Rembrandt's Landscape with the Good Samaritan.

According to legend, a terrible dragon onced lived in a cave on the site of Wawel Hill. The King promised his daughter
and his kingdom, after his death, to the one who would kill the dragon. A shoemaker's apprentice named Krak decided to
feed the dragon a ram's skin filled with sulfur. The sulfur began to burn in the dragon and he drank more and more water.
The water turned to steam and the dragon exploded. Krak married the princess and built a castle on the site and named it
Wawel Castle after the dragon.

Another legend (based on facts) is that 700 years ago the people were in St. Mary's Church when the watchman in the
tower saw the invading armies of the Tartars trying to surprise the city. He began to play the "Heynal" a hymn
to Our Lady and to alert the people of the attack. A Tartar soldier shot the watchman in the throat with an arrow. However,
the people had been warned and the city was saved. The "Heynal" is played by a trumpeter in the same church tower
every hour and ends on the high note just as the original trumpeter did when killed by the arrow.

Certain facts and dates from the city's history can only be given after the year 1000. A castle and a borough existed then
on the Wawel Hill, which were fortified with a palisade and an earth wall. Archeological findings provide evidence that the
Wawel Hill was settled as far back as the early Stone Age. The Mounds of Krakus and Wanda, legendary rulers of the settlement
inhabited by the Slavonic tribe of Wislanie, probably date back to the 7th century. Krakow was mentioned for the first time in
a report of Ibrahim-Ibn-Jakub, a merchant from Cordoba, in the year 985. He describes a rich city on the crossing of trade
routes,which was surrounded by forests.

Originally a settlement of the Vistulan tribe (the Wislanie), Krakow was under Bohemian rule for part of the 10th century. It
was incorporated into the Polish state in 999, and in the year 1000 Coleslaw I established a bishopric (diocese) there. The small
town grew up at the foot of a fortress, the Wawel, which was built on the summit of a rock that rose from the Vistula and provided
an easily defensible site. At the beginning of the 14th century this castle was to become the seat of the kings of Poland, and the
bishop's cathedral was built within its precincts.

Destroyed by the Tatars in 1241, Krakow was rebuilt and in the 14th century became the site of one of the earliest universities
north of the Alps, the Jagiellonian University. Then followed the period of Krakow’s greatest prosperity, when it was the capital
of Poland and one of the country's foremost commercial centers. Its wealth was reflected in great building activity. Many of the
city’s monuments, both lay and ecclesiastical, date from the 14th century to the 16th century.

In 1596 Warsaw replaced Krakow as the capital of Poland, though the kings continued to crowned and buried in the Cathedral
of Wawel. The city declined in importance during the 17th and 18th centuries and passed to Austria at the third partition of
Poland in 1795. From 1809 to 1815 Krakow formed part of Napoleon’s grand duchy of Warsaw, but when the latter was placed
under Russian rule in 1815, Krakow, with its immediate suburbs, was given the status of a free city and its autonomy was
guaranteed by the Great Powers. In 1846, however, the local authorities called in Austrian forces to help them suppress an
insurrection, and the Austrians seized the opportunity to incorporate the free city into the Austrian empire. In 19l8
Krakow was restored to the revived Polish state.

The city was occupied by the Germans at the beginning of World War II and by the Russians in January 1945. Krakow suffered
little damage during the war, and it was restored rapidly when the war ended. Many refugees from the areas that had passed
to Soviet rule settled in the city.

Brief History of Tyniec
Just south west of Krakow, this town is the home of the Abbey of St. Benedict's Order founded in the 11th century. The
remodeled Baroque church is on the site of a three-aisled Romanesque Basilica. The stone monastery was remodeled many times
and was destroyed by fire in 1831. It is being restored, preserving the many Gothic parts and other parts from the other
architectural periods. The church has marble altars, and fragments of murals from the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque styles.

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