Gródek nad Dunajcem
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Nowosądecki | ||
| Gmina : | Gródek nad Dunajcem | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 45 ' N , 20 ° 44' E | ||
| Height : | 380 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 984 (2012) | ||
| Postal code : | 33-318 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 18 | ||
| License plate : | KNS | ||
Gródek nad Dunajcem is a village in the powiat Nowosądecki of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with more than 9,000 inhabitants.
geography
The place is located on the right bank of the Jezioro Rożnowskie reservoir on Dunajec .
history
In the early 14th century a little castle was built on the hill (now the island) Małpia Wyspa / Małpi Raj (370 m), and destroyed in the 15th century.
During the first partition of Poland in 1772, Gródek became part of the new Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Habsburg Empire (from 1804).
In 1918, after the end of the First World War and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Gródek came to Poland. This was only interrupted by the occupation of Poland by the Wehrmacht in World War II . Hans Frank built a villa there at that time.
From 1975 to 1998 Gródek was part of the Nowy Sącz Voivodeship .
Today Gródek is a popular vacation spot on Jezioro Rożnowskie.
local community
The rural community (gmina wiejska) Gródek nad Dunajcem includes 14 villages with a school administration office.
Personalities
- Barbara Gorgón-Flont (1936–2020), luge rider.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Andrzej Matuszczyk: Pogórze Karpackie . Oddział PTTK "Ziemi Tarnowskiej", Tarnów 1995, ISBN 83-903260-1-9 , p. 312-314 (Polish).