Wieliczka Salt Mine

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of , near in southern . From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine.
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  • Opening hours: 7:30 AM–7:30 PM
  • Email: informacja@kopalnia.pl
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: salt mine (Wieliczka, Poland)
  • Also known as: “Das Wieliczka’er Salzwerk”, “Kopalnia Soli „Wieliczka” S.A.”, “Kopalnia soli (Wieliczka)”, “Kopalnia soli w Wieliczce”, “Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka”, “Królewska Kopalnia Soli „Wieliczka””, “Museum der Krakauer Salinen”, “Saltgruvorna i Wieliczka”, “Salzbergwerk in Wieliczka”, “Salzmine „Wieliczka””, “Solný důl ve Věličce”, “Solný důl Vělička”, “Veličkos drukos kasyklos”, “Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum”, “Wieliczka, Państwowa Żupa Solna”, “Вєлічка”, “מכרות המלח בוויליצ’קה”, “מכרות המלח של ווייליצ’קה”, and “ウェリチカ岩塩坑”
  • Address: Jana Mikołaja Daniłowicza 10, Wieliczka, 32-020

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Żupny Castle and Church of St. Klemens in Wieliczka.

Museum
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is a Gothic castle, the former headquarters of the Wieliczka and Salt Mine. is situated 300 metres east of Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Church
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is situated 350 metres east of Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop, which is situated 300 metres north of Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wieliczka and Rożnowa.

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is a town near in Province in southern Poland.

Village
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Village
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is a in the administrative…

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Latitude
49.98306° or 49° 58′ 59″ north
Longitude
20.0557° or 20° 3′ 21″ east
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8GX2X3M4+67
Open­Street­Map ID
way 148464891
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­mine_shaft
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11840180
Wiki­data ID
Q454019
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Wieliczka Salt Mine” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Miniera e kripës Wieliczka”
  • Arabic: “منجم فياليتشكا الملحي”
  • Armenian: “Վելիչկայի աղի հանք”
  • Bashkir: “Тоҙ шахтаһы (Величка)”
  • Bashkir: “Тоҙ шахтаһы”
  • Basque: “Wieliczkako gatz meatzea”
  • Belarusian: “Саляная шахта Вялічка”
  • Belarusian: “Саляная шахта ў Вялічцы”
  • Bulgarian: “Солна мина „Величка””
  • Burmese: “ဝေလစ်ဇကာ ဆားတွင်း”
  • Catalan: “Mines de sal de Wieliczka”
  • Chinese: “維利奇卡鹽礦”
  • Chinese: “维利奇卡盐矿”
  • Croatian: “Rudnik soli Wieliczka”
  • Czech: “Solný důl Wieliczka”
  • Danish: “Wieliczka saltmine”
  • Dutch: “Wieliczka-zoutmijn”
  • Esperanto: “Salminejo Wieliczka”
  • Finnish: “Wieliczkan suolakaivos”
  • French: “Mine de sel de Wieliczka”
  • French: “mines de sel de Wieliczka”
  • French: “Mines de sel de Wieliczka”
  • Galician: “Minas de sal de Wieliczka”
  • Georgian: “ველიჩკის მარილის შახტა”
  • German: “Salzbergwerk Wieliczka”
  • Greek: “Αλατωρυχείο Βιελίτσκα”
  • Hebrew: “מכרות המלח בווייליצ’קה”
  • Hungarian: “Wieliczkai sóbányák”
  • Indonesian: “Tambang garam Wieliczka”
  • Irish: “Mianach salainn Wieliczka”
  • Italian: “Miniera di sale di Wieliczka”
  • Italian: “Miniera di Sale Wieliczka”
  • Japanese: “ヴィエリチカ岩塩坑”
  • Korean: “비엘리치카 소금광산”
  • Korean: “폴란드 소금광산”
  • Kurdish: “Kanzaya xwêyê ya Wieliczkayê”
  • Latvian: “Veličkas sāls raktuves”
  • Lithuanian: “Veličkos druskos kasyklos”
  • Macedonian: “Рудник за сол „Вјеличка“”
  • Macedonian: “Рудник за сол Вјеличка”
  • Maltese: “Minjiera tal-Melħ ta’ Wieliczka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltgruven Wieliczka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saltgruva i Wieliczka”
  • Norwegian: “Saltgruven Wieliczka”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Minas de sau de Wieliczka”
  • Persian: “معدن نمک ویلیچکا”
  • Polish: “Kopalnia Soli „Wieliczka””
  • Polish: “Kopalnia soli Wieliczka”
  • Portuguese: “Salt Mine Museum”
  • Romanian: “Salina din Wieliczka”
  • Russian: “Соляная шахта ‘Величка’”
  • Russian: “Соляная шахта в Величке”
  • Russian: “Соляная шахта”
  • Slovak: “Soľná baňa Wieliczka”
  • Slovenian: “Rudnik soli Wieliczka”
  • Spanish: “Mina de sal de Wieliczka”
  • Spanish: “Minas de sal de Wieliczka”
  • Swedish: “Saltgruvan i Wieliczka”
  • Turkish: “Wieliczka Tuz Madeni”
  • Ukrainian: “Величка”
  • Vietnamese: “Mỏ muối Wieliczka”

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