Dobczyce
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Myślenicki | ||
| Gmina : | Dobczyce | ||
| Area : | 12.97 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 53 ' N , 20 ° 6' E | ||
| Height : | 245 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 6434 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 32-410 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 12 | ||
| License plate : | KMY | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Myślenice - Bochnia | ||
| Wieliczka - Mszana Dolna | |||
| Next international airport : | Krakow-Balice | ||
Dobczyce is a city in Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 15,200 inhabitants.
geography
The city is located about ten kilometers south of the outskirts of Kraków in the foothills of the West Beskids, more precisely in the Pogórze Wiśnickie . The river Raba flows through the town and is dammed near Dobczyce to the Jezioro Dobczyckie reservoir.
history
The first written mention of the place with a castle comes from the year 1226. The town of Dobczyce was founded according to Magdeburg law , by whom is not documented. The Dobczyce parish is mentioned for the first time in 1321. In addition to the town, the villages Skrzynka , Kornatka , Brzezowa and Burletka belonged to it . It is not documented when exactly the town charter was granted. In 1340 it was first mentioned in a document that Dobczyce had town charter. Presumably as early as the 13th century, documented, but according to a document dated November 2, 1359 there was a customs post in Dobczyce. On April 24, 1362, Casimir the Great confirmed the town charter. In 1443 a school, a parish school, was mentioned for the first time in the city. During the siege of Krakow in 1655/56 in the Second Northern War , the Swedes destroyed Dobczyce. During the subsequent peacetime, the city was often ravaged by fires. It was not until the 19th century that the residents began to build stone houses. When Poland was divided for the first time , the city came under the Austrian province of Western Galicia . In November 1914, during the First World War , the Russian army marched into the city. However, she had to withdraw from the Austrian army on December 1, 1914. After the end of the war, the city became part of the re-established Poland. On the very first day of the attack on Poland , the city was attacked by the Wehrmacht and subsequently conquered. During the occupation by the Germans, the area around the city was a place of frequent partisan attacks due to the favorable geographical conditions . In January 1945 the Red Army marched into the area and the Wehrmacht had to evade. After the war, the city was part of Poland again. As part of an administrative reform in Poland in 1999, Dobczyce, previously in the Krakow Voivodeship , became part of the newly formed Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Population development
In 1660 there were 54 buildings in Dobczyce, in 1760 there were 128.
local community
The urban-and-rural municipality Dobczyce covers an area of 66.6 km². The population is 15,277 (as of June 30, 2019).
City and community partnerships
- Versmold (Germany)
- Šarišské Michaľany (Slovakia)
- Hajssyn (Ukraine)
Culture and sights
Museums
- The open-air museum was built in 1968.
Buildings
- The Castle Dobczyce may have been built in the 12th century. It was rebuilt from 1590 to 1594 and destroyed in the 17th century. The castle is currently being reconstructed.
- The Marienkirche of the Mother of God Supporter of the Believers was built from 1947 to 1949 on the site of a chapel.
- The figure of St. Florian is made of sandstone and dates from 1768.
- The Jeleniec cemetery dates from the 19th century.
- Construction of the Church of St. John the Baptist began in 1828. However, there was already a church at this point in the 13th century.
traffic
Dobczyce is crossed by two provincial roads ( droga wojewódzka ). In the west-east direction this is the voivodship road 967, which in the west after about twelve kilometers in Myślenice joins the European route 77 , also the national road 7 . In the east it leads towards Bochnia . Shortly before Bochnia, it joins Europastraße 40 , which is also Landesstraße 4 .
The nearest international airport is John Paul II Airport in Kraków-Balice , which is about 30 kilometers northwest of Dobczyce.
sons and daughters of the town
- Leonhard von Dobschütz (probably born here) (around 1450–1508), astronomer, astrologer and mathematician, professor at the Cracow Academy
- Franciszek Ślusarczyk (* 1958), Catholic clergyman, former auxiliary bishop candidate in Krakow
Web links
- City website (multilingual)
- Website about the city (multilingual)