Wieliczka

Wieliczka is a town near in Province in southern Poland. It's best known for its ancient salt mines, which are now a museum.
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  • Type: Town with 26,600 residents
  • Description: city of Poland
  • Address: Wieliczka

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wieliczka Salt Mine and Żupny Castle.

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near in southern . From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine.

Museum
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is a Gothic castle, the former headquarters of the and Salt Mine. The castle is located in the former mine complex and was designated as part of the and UNESCO World Heritage Site, since an expansion in 2013.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lednica Górna and Zabawa.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland. , 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.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland.

Wieliczka

Latitude
49.9824° or 49° 58′ 57″ north
Longitude
20.0602° or 20° 3′ 37″ east
Population
26,600
Elevation
261 metres (856 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL WIL
Open location code
8GX2X3J6+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31943878
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
755889
Wiki­data ID
Q472621
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Wieliczka” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wieliczka”
  • Arabic: “فياليتشكا”
  • Aragonese: “Wieliczka”
  • Armenian: “Վելիչկա”
  • Arpitan: “Wieliczka”
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  • Bavarian: “Wieliczka”
  • Belarusian: “Вялічка”
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  • Bulgarian: “Величка”
  • Bulgarian: “Виеличка”
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  • Cajun French: “Wieliczka”
  • Catalan: “Wieliczka”
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  • Chechen: “Величка”
  • Chinese: “維利奇卡”
  • Chinese: “维利奇卡”
  • Corsican: “Wieliczka”
  • Croatian: “Wieliczka”
  • Czech: “Vělička”
  • Czech: “Vielička”
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  • Danish: “Wieliczka”
  • Dutch: “Gross Salze”
  • Dutch: “Groß Salze”
  • Dutch: “Wieliczka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فياليتشكا”
  • Esperanto: “Wieliczka”
  • Estonian: “Wieliczka”
  • Finnish: “Wieliczka”
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  • Galician: “Wieliczka”
  • German: “Groß Salze”
  • German: “Wieliczka”
  • Greek: “Βιελίτσκα”
  • Hebrew: “וייליצ’קה”
  • Hebrew: “וייליצקה”
  • Hindi: “विएलिस्ज़्का”
  • Hungarian: “Wieliczka”
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  • Japanese: “ヴィエリチカ”
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  • Kongo: “Wieliczka”
  • Korean: “비엘리치카”
  • Latvian: “Velička”
  • Latvian: “Veļička”
  • Latvian: “Veļičkas sālsraktuves”
  • Latvian: “Wieliczka”
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  • Macedonian: “Вјеличка”
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  • Mingrelian: “ვიელიჩკა”
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  • Persian: “ویلیچکا”
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  • Romansh: “Wieliczka”
  • Russian: “Величка (город)”
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  • Serbian: “Вјеличка”
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  • Tatar: “Величка”
  • Turkish: “Wieliczka”
  • Ukrainian: “Величка”
  • Ukrainian: “Вєлічка”
  • Urdu: “ویلیچکا”
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