Nałęczów

Coordinates: 51°17′N 22°13′E / 51.283°N 22.217°E / 51.283; 22.217
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Nałęczów
Sanatorium "Książę Józef" in Nałęczów.
Sanatorium "Książę Józef" in Nałęczów.
Coat of arms of Nałęczów
Nałęczów is located in Poland
Nałęczów
Nałęczów
Coordinates: 51°17′N 22°13′E / 51.283°N 22.217°E / 51.283; 22.217
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLublin
CountyPuławy
GminaNałęczów
Founded8th or 9th century
Incorporated1963
Government
 • MayorWiesław Pardyka
Area
 • Total13.82 km2 (5.34 sq mi)
Elevation
212 m (696 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total3,958
 • Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
24-140, 24-150
Car platesLPU
Websitehttp://www.naleczow.pl
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Nałęczów [naˈwɛnt͡ʂuf] is a spa town (population 4,800) situated on the Nałęczów Plateau in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. Nałęczów belongs to Lesser Poland.

History[edit]

In the 18th century, the discovery there of healing waters initiated the development of a health resort; the main treatments are for circulatory disorders. The water is now bottled, and sold around the world under the brand: Nałęczowianka.

Notable landmarks include the 18th-century baroque-classicist Małachowski Palace (1771–73, since remodeled) and a park and resort complex dating from the 18th-19th centuries.[1]

Nałęczów was the favorite vacationing place of novelist Bolesław Prus for three decades from 1882 till his death in 1912. It features museums devoted to Prus and to novelist Stefan Żeromski, a fellow frequent visitor whose literary career Prus generously furthered.

The local Jewish population was 250-400 Jews in 1939. In the spring of 1942, Nałęczów was used as a transfer point by the occupying Germans, who herded area Jews onto cattle rail cars, to be transported to both Bełżec and Sobibor death camps. The Jewish community ceased to exist.[2]

Twin towns[edit]

Nałęczów is twinned with:

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Whether it's a bit of history, a bit of rest or full on self-pampering you're looking for, Nałęczów has it all". Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Virtual Sztetl" (in Polish). 2018-07-21.