Czarny Dunajec
Place in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Czarny Dunajec [ˈt͡ʂarnɨ duˈnajɛt͡s] is a town located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovak border in a valley alongside a river of the same name.
Czarny Dunajec | |
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Coordinates: 49°26′22″N 19°51′15″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
County | Nowy Targ |
Gmina | Czarny Dunajec |
Founded | 1230s |
Area | |
• Total | 21.72 km2 (8.39 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,501 |
• Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 34-470 |
Area code | +48 18 |
Car plates | KNT |
Czarny Dunajec is the seat of the gmina, belonging to the Nowy Targ County (Polish: Powiat Nowotarski) and in the Lesser Poland.
Czarny Dunajec was founded around 1234.[1] The local Catholic church was founded by starost of Nowy Targ Jan Pieniążek, his wife Zofia Pieniążkowa, sołtys Tomasz Miętus and first parish priest Szymon Bukowiński.[1]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Czarny Dunajec was occupied by Germany until 1945. From late 1940 to January 1943, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the town.[2] On May 20, 1942, the Gestapo executed two Jews and one Pole as punishment for aiding Jews.[3]
Czarny Dunajec is about 60 miles south of Kraków with its international airport. The nearest railway station is in Nowy Targ.
The town is on intersection of the east-west and north-south voievodship roads, that are one of main ways to the Western Tatra and Zakopane mountain region as well as the nearby Chocholow thermal spa.
A local railway line through the valley was dismantled and converted to a cycling path.
Important peatlands are situated to the west and north-west of the town. Czarny Dunajec and Piekielnik were declared as a protected spa area by the Polish government in 2016.
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