Sułkowice

Sułkowice
	Sułkowice
	Sułkowice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lesser Poland
Powiat :	Myślenicki
Gmina :	Sułkowice
Area :	16.46 km²
Geographic location :	49 ° 51 ′ N , 19 ° 48 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N , 19 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E
Residents :	6594 (December 31, 2016)
Postal code :	32-440
Telephone code :	(+48) 12
License plate :	KMY
Economy and Transport
Street :	Droga wojewódzka 956 DW956
	DW955
Next international airport :	Krakow
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View of Sułkowice with island Beskids

Church of the Heart of Jesus

Sułkowice is a city in the Myślenicki powiat in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with around 14,750 inhabitants.

geography

Sułkowice is located 27 km south of Kraków and has an area of 16.46 km². The Harbutówka flows through the village .

history

Until 1939

The first documented mention of Sułkowice comes from 1325, but a settlement must have existed since 1326 a parish was mentioned. A first population figure dates from 1340 and is given as 150.

1939 until today

On September 4, 1939, Sułkowice was occupied by the Wehrmacht . Right at the beginning, 22 people from Rudnik , a village in the municipality, were executed. Another 26 people were executed in a punitive action in 1941. In January 1945 the Wehrmacht was expelled from Sułkowice.

In 1969 Sułkowice received city rights. From 1975 to 1998 the city was part of the Kraków Voivodeship .