Krynica-Zdrój
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Lesser Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Nowosądecki | ||
| Gmina : | Krynica-Zdrój | ||
| Area : | 40.17 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 25 ' N , 20 ° 57' E | ||
| Height : | 741 m npm | ||
| Residents : | 10,864 (Dec. 31, 2016) | ||
| Postal code : | 33-380 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 18 | ||
| License plate : | KNS | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Krakow - Nowy Sącz | ||
| Next international airport : | Krakow-Balice | ||
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Krynica-Zdrój (until 2002 Krynica ) is a Polish city and a well-known resort and health resort in the powiat Nowosądecki of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , with a population of just under 11,000. Krynica is located on the Kryniczanka river and is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 16,800 inhabitants.
history
The village was first mentioned in a salt privilege for Danko z Miastka in 1547 as Krzenicze . The healing springs were discovered in the 17th century. Until the first partition of Poland , Krynica belonged to the bishops of Krakow . The real fame began after the takeover by Austria, whose authorities greatly expanded the bathing facilities. In the 19th century, Krynica became a popular seaside resort for civil servants and a resort for the people of Galicia . Numerous villas, guest houses and a theater were built. In 1889 Krynica received city rights, and in 1916 the railway reached the place. After the re-establishment of the Polish state in 1918, Krynica retained its importance. In 1919 10,000 people came annually, in 1938 there were already 40,000. In the interwar period, international sporting events also took place, including the world ice hockey championships in 1931. After the Second World War and German occupation, the spa facilities continued to be used in the People's Republic of Poland . In 1958 and 1962 the Luge World Championships took place in Krynica.
local community
In addition to the town of Krynica-Zdrój, the town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) includes other villages with eight school boards :
coat of arms
Description : In blue, a silver jug with the handle pointing to the left under three golden crowns .
Attractions
- There are various Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches in the village
- The oldest building is the Słotwinka Pump Room , built in 1815
- Koncertowa (1870) about "Slotwinka"
- In the Willa Romanówka a museum, the most famous of the son of the city, the painter is Nikifor recalls
- In the 1930s, the singer and actor Jan Kiepura had the Willa Patria built for a huge sum , in which some films were then shot.
spa
At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, Krynica developed into a health resort. The facilities were expanded in the 1850s by the "father of Polish balneology ", the Krakow doctor and mayor Józef Dietl . Today the place is particularly popular with disorders of the digestive and urinary tract, cardiovascular diseases and metabolic diseases. It is considered the "pearl of the Polish baths". There are seven sources in total ( zdrój Główny, zdrój Jan, zdrój Józef, zdrój Karol, zdrój Mieczysław, zdrój Słotwinka, zdrój Tadeusz ). The mineral medicinal water from Krynica is named Zuber after the Polish geologist Rudolf Zuber .
Leisure, tourism and sport
As a tourist center, Krynica is the starting point for many hiking routes in the surrounding mountains of the Popper Landscape Protection Park ( Popradzki Park Krajobrazowy ). In addition to classic winter sports, curling, chess and mountaineering are also practiced in town. There is a cable car to the nearby Góra Parkowa (742 m) and a gondola to the Jaworzyna Krynicka (1114 m). The two ski jumping hills fell into disrepair in the post-war period.
In Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji w Krynicy-Zdroju (Krynica-Zdrój Municipal Sports and Recreation Center) the home games of KTH Krynica , an ice hockey club of the Ekstraliga , the highest Polish professional league, are played.
Culture
Since 1990 a meeting of East Central European politicians and entrepreneurs has been held in Krynica in September under the name Forum Ekonomiczne . In addition, since 1967 there has been the arias and song festival named after the long-time resident Jan Kiepura in the second week of August . Krynica-Zdrój was and is, despite the expulsion of most of the members of this minority after the Second World War, a center of the Lemken group associated with Ukrainian culture .
particularities
The name of the place changed many times over the centuries. The current variant with the hyphen has been legally binding since 2002.
Personalities
- Frequent visitors to the health resort included a. Jan Matejko , Arthur Grottger , Henryk Sienkiewicz , Józef Ignacy Kraszewski , Ludwik Solski , Helena Modrzejewska , Władysław Stanisław Reymont , Julian Tuwim , Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński , Jan Kiepura and, after 1945, Władysław Gomułka .
- Krynica-Zdrój is the birthplace and death place of the naive painter Nikifor . The Polish politician and mountain rescuer Piotr van der Coghen , the Polish actress and singer Joanna Kulig and the Ukrainian Metropolitan of the Greek Catholic Church Josyf Sembratowicz were also born here.
Twin cities
- Bad Sooden-Allendorf (Germany)
- Amersham (UK)
- Montana (Bulgaria)
- Bardejov (Slovakia)
Web links
- City website (Polish, English)