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Nowy Targ [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtark] (Officially: Royal Free city of Nowy Targ, Yiddish: Naymark, Goral dialect: Miasto) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin at the foot of the Gorce Mountains , at the confluence of the Czarny Dunajec and the Biały Dunajec .
Nowy Targ County (Polish: powiat nowotarski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
Nowy Sącz: Novyi Sonch Новий Сонч Neu Sandez צאנז (Tsanz) Nowy Targ: Novyi Tarh Новий Тарг Neumarkt Oświęcim: Osventsim Освенцім Auschwitz אשפוצין (Oshpetsin) Przemyśl: Peremyshl' Перемишль Premissel פרעמישעל Przeworsk: Perevors'k Переворськ פּשעוואָרסק (Pshevorsk ...
The Peasant Uprising in Podhale (1630–1633) was a peasant revolt against Mikołaj Komorowski, who managed the Nowy Targ estates in Poland. Unrest in Podhale began as early as 1625 and escalated into an open armed conflict by 1630, lasting until 1633. The largest battle of the uprising, the first battle of Nowy Targ, took place in 1631.
The Market Square (Polish: Rynek) in Nowy Targ is located in the center of the town. It was laid out for the first time in 1346, when the city was founded. There are 8 streets leading to the Market Square - two to each corner: Szaflarska St and Harcerska St to the south-eastern corner, John III Sobieski St and Tadeusz Kościuszko St to the north-east one, St. Catherine St and Szkolna St to the ...
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.
Gmina Nowy Targ is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowy Targ, although the town itself is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of 208.65 square kilometres (80.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 22,070.
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