Wadowice
(Flag) (Coat of Arms)
Motto: none
Voivodship	Lesser Poland
Municipal government	Rada Miasta w Wadowicach
Mayor	Ewa Filipiak
Area	km²
Population  - city  - urban  - density	19.500 (2001) none /km²
Founded City rights	10th century? 1430
Latitude Longitude	49°53' N 19°30' E
Area code	+48 33
Car plates	KWA 01XX
Twin towns
Municipal Website

Wadowice is a town in southern Poland, 50km from Krakow with 19,500 inhabitants (2001), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Plateau (Pogórze Ślaskie). Wadowice is famous as the birthplace of Pope John Paul II (1920). Dummy flag for use with various infoboxes (most notably the Template:Infobox_Poland). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A Voivodship (also voivodeship, Romanian: voievodat, Polish: województwo, Serbian: vojvodstvo or vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode). ... The Lesser Poland Voivodship or Little Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo maÅ‚opolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the south of Poland that contains core areas of the historical and geographical region of Lesser Poland (Malopolska). ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... // Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians First use of optical methods in the creation of Art A map of Europe in 1430. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... // Polish car number plates since May 1, 2000 Polish 2000 series car plates has black letters on white background. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Skawa is a river in southern Poland. ... Length 1,047 km Elevation of the source 1,106 m Average discharge  ? m³/s Area watershed 192,000 km² Origin  Barania Góra, Beskidy Mouth  GdaÅ„sk Bay, Baltic Sea Basin countries Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia The Vistula (Polish: WisÅ‚a) is the longest river in Poland. ... The pope is the Catholic Patriarch and Bishop of Rome, and leader of the Catholic Church. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978, making his the second-longest pontificate (or the third-longest, as enumerated by Roman Catholic tradition). ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

History

The first permanent settlement in the area of today's Wadowice was founded in late 10th century or early 11th century. According to a local legend, the town was founded by certain Wad or Wład, a short form for the Slavic name of Ladislaus. The town is first mentioned as Wadowicze in St. Peter penny register in years 1325-1327. In 1327 it is also mentioned (under the same name) in a fief registry sent from prince John I Scholastyk of Oświęcim to Bohemian king John I, Count of Luxemburg. At this time it was a trading settlement belonging to the Dukes of Silesia of the Piast Dynasty, and according to some historians it was already a municipality. In 1430 a great fire destroyed the town. It was soon rebuilt and granted city rights, along with a city charter and a self-government, based on the then-popular Chełmno Law. The privileges, granted by Prince Kazimierz I of Oświęcim led to a period of fast reconstruction and growth. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Vladislaus, Wladislaus, Ladislaus or Ladislas (Polish: Władysław, Czech, Russian: Vladislav, Hungarian: László and Ulászló) is the name of several kings and dukes of Poland, Hungary and Bohemia. ... Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ... Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service (usually fealty, military service, and security). ... Bohemia This article is about the historical region in central Europe; for other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ... John the Blind of Luxemburg (German: Johann der Blinde; Czech: Jan Lucemburský; August 10, 1296 – August 26, 1346) was King of Bohemia and Count of Luxemburg. ... According to the statute, constitution or last will of the Polish duke Boleslaus the Wrymouth Poland was divided into the 4-5 hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Cracow for the eldest to be the high-duke of all Poland. ... The Piast dynasty is a line of Kings and dukes that ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state up to 1370. ... // Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians First use of optical methods in the creation of Art A map of Europe in 1430. ... Town privileges was an important feature of European towns during most of the 2nd millenium. ... A city charter or town charter is a legal document establishing a municipality. ...

The administrative division of the region in the times of regional division was complicated. Initially, between 1313/1317 and 1445, Wadowice belonged to the Silesian Duchy of Oświęcim and after 1445 to the Duchy of Zator. In 1482 Władysław I of Zator inherited only half of his father's lands and created a separate Duchy of Wadowice, which lasted until his death in 1493. The following year his brother and successor, Jan V of Zator abdicated. At the same time the land was subject to Bohemian overlordship, which lasted until the following year, when the Duchy was bought by the Kings of Poland and incorporated as a Silesian County. Finally, the County was incorporated into the Kraków Voivodship in 1564. In the first centuries of its existence, the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European state, and integrated Poland into European culture. ... Events Siege of Rostock ends Births June 16 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (died 1375) August 1 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (died 1364) August 13 - Aradia de Toscano, female messianic figure in Italian witchcraft Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Italian law professor (died 1357) Deaths August 24 - Henry VII, Emperor of the Holy... Events The Great Famine of 1315-1317. ... Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... Silesia (-Latin, Polish ÅšlÄ…sk, German Schlesien, Czech Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe. ... Oświęcim. ... Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... Zator is a town in southern Poland. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ... Events January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World. ... Bohemia This article is about the historical region in central Europe; for other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ... Poland was ruled by dukes (c. ... Kraków Voivodship (1) 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo krakowskie) also Kraków Metropolitan Voivodship (województwo miejskie krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodship. ... Events March 8 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony...

Aerial view of the town centre

In the 16th-17th centuries Wadowice was a regional centre of crafts and trade. Among the most notable sons of the town was Marcin Wadowita, a teologist, philosopher and a deacon of the Kraków Academy. He was also the founder of a hospital and a basic school in Wadowice. However, several plagues and fires halted the prosperity and the town's growth was eventually halted as well. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Deacon is a role in the Christian Church which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. ... Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet JagielloÅ„ski) is a university in Krakow, Poland. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

In the effect of the 1st Partition of Poland, Wadowice was annexed by Austria and incorporated into the newly-established Kingdom of Galicia, under direct Austrian rule. The town's growth started soon afterwards, after a road linking Vienna with Lwów was built. The town became a seat of a communal administration and since 1867 - a county site. Small industries were developing slowly during the 19th century. New inhabitants settled in the area, attracted by the industry, new military barracks and various administrative institutions. In addition, a new hospital and a regional court were erected in the town centre. Finally, in the last 25 years of the 19th century partial liberalisation of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy led to creation of various Polish cultural and scientific societies. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, or simply Galicia, was the largest, most populous, and northernmost province of Austria from 1772 until 1918, with Lemberg (Lwów, Lviv) as its capital city. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... Motto: Semper fidelis Oblast Lviv Oblast Municipal government City council (Львівська міська рада) Mayor City chairman Lyubomyr Bunyak Area 171,01 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 808,900 ? 4786/km² Founded City rights 13th century 1353 Latitude Longitude 49°51′ N 24°01′ E Area code +0322 Car plates  ? Twin towns Corning, Freiburg... A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

After the World War I and the dissolution of the monarchy, Wadowice became part of the newly-reborn Poland. The seat of a powiat remained in the town and in 1919 the inhabitants of the area formed the 12th Infantry Regiment that took part in the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1919-1920. In 1920 Karol Wojtyła was born in Wadowice (later known as the bishop of Kraków and Pope John Paul II). World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations and... Powiat is the Polish name for county, a second-level unit of the administrative division and local government in Poland. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Polish-Bolshevik War Conflict Polish-Bolshevik War Date 1919–1921 Place Central and Eastern Europe Result Polish victory The Polish-Soviet War (also known as the Polish-Bolshevik War or the Polish-Russian War) was the war (February 1919 – March 1921) that determined the borders between the Russian Soviet Federated... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Motto: none Voivodship Lesser Poland Municipal government Rada miasta Kraków Mayor Jacek Majchrowski Area 326,8 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 757,500 (2004 est. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978, making his the second-longest pontificate (or the third-longest, as enumerated by Roman Catholic tradition). ...

Pope John Paul II's home

Basilica in Wadowice

After the Polish Defence War of 1939, Germany occupied the area and on October 26 Wadowice was annexed to the Third Reich. On December 29 of the same year the town was renamed to Frauenstadt. Initially the Polish intelligentsia was targeted by harsh German racial and cultural policies and hundreds of people from the area, most notably priests, teachers and artists, were murdered in mass executions. Hundreds more were expulsed and resettled to the General Government in order to make place for German settlers. Between 1941 and 1943 a ghetto was established in the city. Almost entire local Jewish population (more than 2.000) was exterminated, mostly in the nearby Auschwitz concentration camp. In addition, the Germans set up a POW camp for Allied soldiers and a penal camp that served as a transfer camp for various German concentration camps. Despite German terror, the Home Army units were active in the area, most notably in the town itself and in the Beskid mountains to the south of it. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Polish Defence War of 1939 Conflict World War II Date 1 September - 6 October 1939 Place Poland Result Decisive German and Soviet victory The Polish September Campaign (alternatively refered to as the German plan Fall Weiss) refers to the conquest of Poland by the armies of Nazi Germany and the... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... The word intelligentsia came into the modern global vocabulary from Russia. ... The General Government (in full General government for the occupied Polish areas, in German Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete) was the name given by Germany to the governing authority in Poland after its occupation by the Wehrmacht in September and October 1939. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... A ghetto is an area where people from a specific ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... Jewish history in Poland 960 Jewish merchant from Spain, Ibrahim Ibn Jaqub (Abraham ben Jakov), travels to Poland and writes the first description of the country. ... For other uses of the term, see Auschwitz (disambiguation). ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries that fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of World War II. Other... See also the related article on Nazi concentration camps The following is a list of German concentration camps during World War II. are marked with pink, while major concentration camps of are marked with blue. ... For other meanings of Home Army see: Home Army (disambiguation) The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the pre-eminent underground military organization in German-occupied Poland, which functioned in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ...

After the war, in 1945 Wadowice retained its powiat town status and until 1975 served as a notable centre of commerce and transport in the Kraków Voivodship. After that the town was transferred to the newly-created Bielsko-Biała Voivodship. After the peaceful transformation of the political and economical system in Poland (in 1989), most of the local industry was found inefficient and went bankrupt. However, the ecological and historical heritage of the area, as well as the place being the birthplace of Pope John Paul II, led to a fast growth of tourist potential. Currently there are more than 200.000 people coming to Wadowice every year and this number is going higher with every year. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Powiat is the Polish name for county, a second-level unit of the administrative division and local government in Poland. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Kraków Voivodship (1) 1975-1998 (Polish: województwo krakowskie) also Kraków Metropolitan Voivodship (województwo miejskie krakowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodship. ... Polish: wojew dztwo bielskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Silesian Voivodship and Lesser Poland Voivodship. ... In the 1970s and 1980s the whole system in Poland was deeper and deeper in the crisis and was beginning to crumble as was the whole Eastern bloc with the USSR as the fading superpower. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef WojtyÅ‚a (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978, making his the second-longest pontificate (or the third-longest, as enumerated by Roman Catholic tradition). ...

Economy

Wadowice is today mainly a centre for tourism and sightseeing, but also a place for small industries like machines production, food processing and production of construction materials.

Culture and Sightseeing

• Days of Wadowice (Dni Wadowic) are held every May-June. The feats starts every May 18 to commemorate the birth of Karol Wojtyła
• Museum of the Holy Father Family House in the native home of Pope John Paul II collects remainders and relics about Karol Wojtyła and his family.
• Parochial church - the Virgin Mary's Offertory Minor Basilica - 15th century, rebuilt in 18th century
• Kościelna 4 street, an 18th century house
• Classicist "Mikołaj" manor - 19th century, named after mayor Mikołaj Komorowski
• Municipal Museum of Marcin Wadowita
• Pope John Paul II square with 19th century burgher houses
• Monument to Emil Zegadłowicz, a writer who described the area of Wadowice in many of his books...

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Notable people

• Marcin Wadowita Martinus Vadovius Campinus (born 1567), Polish teologist, philosopher and deacon of the Kraków Academy
• Emil Lask (b. 1875), philosopher
• Berta Lask (b. 1878), writer
• Ada Sari (Jadwiga Schayer, b. 1886) opera singer and actress
• Godwin Brumowski (born 1889), Austro-Hungarian WWI fighter ace and air general
• Karol Wojtyła (1920-2005), Polish priest and bishop of Kraków, 1978-2005 the Roman Catholic Pope (as John Paul II)
• Rafał Bujnowski (b. 1974), painter

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External links

• Wadowice Town Council
• http://www.it.wadowice.pl - Tourist Information
• http://www.wck.wadowice.pl/ - Wadowice Cultural Center
• http://www.wadowice.pl/dom/srodek.htm Pope's home
• http://www.wadowice-online.com/ - Wadowice Online Guide
• http://www.wadowice.com/ - info. Wadowice

Sports

• http://www.skawa.iap.pl/ - Klub Sportowy Skawa Wadowice, football club
• http://pukskarol.pl - football, basketball, voleyball and swimming

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Business

• http://www.skawa.com.pl/ - ZPC Skawa Wadowice, sweets producer
• http://www.fumis-bumar.com.pl/ - Fumis-Bumar, producer of mechanical devices
• http://www.maspex.pl/ - Maspex Wadowice, producer of drinks and juices
• http://www.ponar-wadowice.pl/ - Ponar Wadowice, producer of hydraulics devices
• http://www.ajb.pl/ distributor of electrical products and bearings