Słomniki
Sign in to saveSłomniki is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Słomniki lies north of Kraków, among the hills of Lesser Poland Upland. On December 31, 2010, its population was 4,365, and the town is a center of commerce and services for the local agricultural area. Its name probably comes from a Medieval guild called szłomiarze or szłomniki, who manufactured helmets for royal knights.
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Place details
- Locality
- Prandocin-Wysiołek
- Region
- województwo małopolskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 4,340
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Słomniki
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 616163 małopolskie gm Słomniki Słomniki zesp kościoła.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Corpus Christi church
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Słomniki COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lesser Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kraków
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Słomniki
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Paweł Knafel
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1358
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.34
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Słomniki
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 4226
- Area
- 3.34
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Słomniki
- Official website
- www.slomniki.pl
- Image
- Słomniki (church).jpg
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- Commons category
- Słomniki
- postal code
- 32-090
- male population
- 2034
- female population
- 2192
- P8168
- Kven people
- P12749
- transistor
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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Encyclopedic overview
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Słomniki is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Słomniki lies north of Kraków, among the hills of Lesser Poland Upland. On December 31, 2010, its population was 4,365, and the town is a center of commerce and services for the local agricultural area. Its name probably comes from a Medieval guild called szłomiarze or szłomniki, who manufactured helmets for royal knights.
The town has two rail stations (Słomniki and Słomniki Miasto), on a major electrified double track railway from Kraków to Warsaw. Słomniki is also served by the Kraków Transit Authority (MPK Kraków), with bus line 222 reaching it from Nowa Huta. The town has several schools, house of culture, cinema, library and Museum of Słomniki Land. Its sports club KS Słomniczanka was founded in 1923, and currently has football and volleyball departments.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Słomniki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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