Wieliczka County
Wieliczka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Wieliczka Salt Mine and Żupny Castle.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
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The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland. From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine.
Żupny Castle
Museum
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Żupny Castle is a Gothic castle, the former headquarters of the Wieliczka and Bochnia Salt Mine. The castle is located in the former mine complex and was designated as part of the Wieliczka and Bochnia UNESCO World Heritage Site, since an expansion in 2013.
Wieliczka Park train station
Railway station
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Wieliczka Park train station is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wieliczka and Śledziejowice.
Wieliczka
Wieliczka is a town near Kraków in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland. It's best known for its ancient salt mines, which are now a museum.
Śledziejowice
Village
Śledziejowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Lednica Górna
Village
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Lednica Górna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieliczka, within Wieliczka County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Lednica Górna, as well as the nearby town of Wieliczka are among the last places in Poland where the Easter tradition of Siuda Baba is still practised.
Wieliczka County
- Location: Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Wieliczka County” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wieliczka barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Вяліцкі павет”
- Bulgarian: “Велички окръг”
- Catalan: “Wieliczka”
- Cebuano: “Powiat wielicki”
- Chinese: “Wieliczka Kūn”
- Chinese: “維利奇卡縣”
- Czech: “Okres Wieliczka”
- Dutch: “powiat wielicki”
- Dutch: “Powiat Wielicki”
- Dutch: “Wieliczka”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Wieliczka”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Wieliczka”
- Esperanto: “powiat wielicki”
- Estonian: “Wieliczka maakond”
- Finnish: “Wieliczkan piirikunta”
- French: “Powiat de Wieliczka”
- French: “powiat wielicki”
- French: “Wieliczka”
- German: “powiat wielicki”
- German: “Powiat Wielicki”
- Hebrew: “מחוז וייליצ’קה”
- Hungarian: “Wieliczka megye”
- Indonesian: “Kabupaten Wieliczka”
- Irish: “Contae Wieliczka”
- Italian: “distretto di Wieliczka”
- Italian: “Distretto di Wieliczka”
- Italian: “powiat wielicki”
- Javanese: “Powiat Wieliczka”
- Korean: “비엘리치카군”
- Latvian: “Veličkas apriņķis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wielicki Kūn”
- Persian: “شهرستان ویلیچکا”
- Polish: “powiat wielicki”
- Polish: “Powiat wielicki”
- Portuguese: “condado de Wieliczka”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Wieliczka”
- Portuguese: “powiat wielicki”
- Romanian: “Powiatul Wieliczka”
- Russian: “Величский повет”
- Russian: “Величский повят”
- Sardinian: “distretto de Wieliczka”
- Slovak: “Powiat wielicki”
- Slovenian: “Powiat Wielicki”
- Slovenian: “Wieliško okrožje”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویلیچکا”
- Spanish: “condado de Wieliczka”
- Spanish: “Condado de Wieliczka”
- Spanish: “powiat wielicki”
- Swedish: “Wieliczka powiat”
- Turkish: “Wieliczka ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Wieliczka İlçesi”
- Turkish: “Wieliczka”
- Ukrainian: “Велицький повіт”
- Vietnamese: “Wielicki”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wieliczka”
- Welsh: “Sir Wieliczka”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lednica Niemiecka and Lednica Dolna.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Lenart and Wzgórze Kaim.
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