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In 1998, Katarzyna Zowada (1 June 1975 – c. 7–14 December 1998) began studying religion at Jagllonian University, located in nearby Kraków.According to friends, she was a nice, although "sad and withdrawn" person.
Stare Miasto district Wawel castle. Stare Miasto, meaning "Old Town", is Kraków's Administrative District No. 1.It consists of the historic Kraków Old Town itself, as well as the Wawel castle hill, the former largely Jewish quarter of Kazimierz, and a number of other neighbourhoods surrounding the old town: Nowe Miasto ("New Town"), Nowy Świat ("New World"), Kleparz, Okół, Piasek, Stradom ...
Kraków [a] (Polish: ⓘ), also spelled as Cracow [b] or Krakow, [8] is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. [9] Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 (2023), with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius. [10]
Map of Kraków Old Town district with the Royal Road marked in red Buildings along the Market Square. Kraków Old Town is the historic central district of Kraków, Poland. [1] It is one of the most famous old districts in Poland today and was the centre of Poland's political life from 1038 until King Sigismund III Vasa relocated his court to Warsaw in 1596.
This is a list of places in Poland having standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world), in Polish miasta partnerskie.
Air pollution in Krakow reaches annual mean of 37 PM2.5 and 51 PM10, more than recommended. [55] 2014 May: Tauron Arena opens. May: Kraków referendum, 2014 held; Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics withdrawn. 2016 January: Kraków co-hosts the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow with its Territory, [a] [b] more commonly known as the Free City of Cracow, [c] and the Republic of Cracow, [d] was a city republic created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which included the Polish city of Cracow (Kraków) and its surrounding areas.
On April 18, 1791, the Great Sejm adopted the Free Royal Cities Act (full title: "Miasta nasze królewskie wolne w państwach Rzeczypospolitej" - "Our Free Royal Cities in the States of the Commonwealth"), included as Article III into the Constitution of May 3, 1791. The law granted a number of privileges for the residents of royal cities.