Bieńczyce, Kraków
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| Area code | +48 12 |
| Website | http://www.dzielnica16.krakow.pl |
Bieńczyce is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the northern part of the city. The name Bieńczyce comes from a village of same name that is now a part of the district.
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History
The name Bieńczyce comes from the owner of the village named Bień (Benedykt). It is mentioned for the first time in documents in 1224. The village belonged first to the Church of St Michael the Archangel and St Stanislaus Bishop, and from 1317 to the Church of St. Florian. In 1391, the first mill on Dłubnia River was built in the village. The other mill from 1449 was being powered by the existing millrace to the 21st century. In the second half of the 15th century, a manor house with a farm was built in the village (today, at Kaczeńcowa Street, a manor house and an outbuilding from the beginning of the 20th century have been preserved in the neighborhood of the pond). Later, the village of Bieńczyce constituted the property of the canons of the Wawel Cathedral. After the Second Partition of Poland, the village was confiscated by the partitioning Austrian powers.
In the 19th century, the Austrians led the road, and followingly, a railway line constructed from 1899 until 1900, that ran through Bieńczyce to Kocmyrzów. The existence of the railway line is still evident to the preserved remains of tracks, the remains of two railway bridges over the Dłubnia River and its mill and the preserved building of the railway station Bieńczyce. The village belonged to the parish in Raciborowice. There was a small chapel in Bieńczyce, a branch of the parish church.
One of the recognizable inhabitants of the village was
In 1949, the construction of the city of
In the years 1976–1993, the Ludwig Rydygier Krakow Specialist Hospital was built in the district of Bieńczyce. The Nowa Huta Lagoon and the "Wanda" Sports Club are also located in the district.
Population
Subdivisions of Bieńczyce
Bieńczyce is divided into smaller subdivisions (osiedles). Here's a list of them.
- Bieńczyce
- Osiedle Albertyńskie
- Osiedle Jagiellońskie
- Osiedle Kalinowe
- Osiedle Kazimierzowskie
- Osiedle Kościuszkowskie
- Osiedle Na Lotnisku
- Osiedle Niepodległości
- Osiedle Przy Arce
- Osiedle Strusia
- Osiedle Wysokie
- Osiedle Złotej Jesieni
References
- ^ "Information about Bieńczyce district". Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- Polish Academy of Learning. pp. 287–288.
- ^ Tygodnik Powszechny, 2010, issue 37, pp. 30–31.
- ^ Tygodnik Powszechny, 2010, issue 37, p. 26.
- ^ Tygodnik Powszechny, 2010, issue 37, pp. 26-28.
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