Limanowa

Coordinates: 49°42′2″N 20°25′36″E / 49.70056°N 20.42667°E / 49.70056; 20.42667
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Limanowa
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Limanowa

Yiddish: לימינוב Liminuv) is a town in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County
and had a population of 15,132 in 2012.

History

Panorama of Limanowa

Mentions of the town date back to 1496, when it was documented as Ilmanowa, a rural estate that belonged to members of the szlachta. In 1520, ownership of the estate was passed from the Słupski family to Achacy Jordan, who subsequently established a judiciary.[1]

Limanowa became a township in 1565, after being granted

Swedish invasion
of 1655.

While the town was constantly damaged by fire because of its wooden buildings, much of its infrastructure was destroyed by the fire of 1759. It was not until the

Polish Partitions
, and Limanowa's incorporation into the Austrian province of Galicia, that it was rebuilt. The town began to flourish as a trading hub, hosting over eighteen markets per year.

During World War I, Limanowa was located at the Eastern Front. In the early months of the war, it was the site of the Battle of Limanowa between 1 and 9 December 1914, in which the Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a Russian breakthrough southwestwards between Limanowa and Kraków.

The

Jewish population were murdered, including the family of Senator Bernie Sanders
.

Sports

  • Limanovia Limanowa, a football team playing in local league.
  • Limblach Limanowa, a basketball team reaching top Polish leagues.
  • Limanowa is also home to one of the most extreme mountain marathons in Europe, so-called "Kierat" which attracts hundreds of people every year.

People

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Limanowa is

twinned
with:

References

  1. ^ "Historia Miasta Limanowa – Urząd Miasta Limanowa". miastolimanowa.pl. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ^ "Niles Sister Cities". Official website. The Village of Niles. 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

External links

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