Szczawnica
Encyclopedia
Szczawnica sz is a resort town in Nowy Targ County
in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
, in southern Poland
. As of June 30, 2007, its population was 7,378.
Szczawnica is a well-known resort town since the mid nineteenth century. Due to the presence of alkali sorrel
springs and favorable climatic conditions, many respiratory and digestive tract illnesses are treated there. In 2005 the popular local spa was officially returned by the Polish government to its prewar owners – Count Stadnicki family. The spa has almost two hundred year history. Its last private owner was Count Adam Stadnicki, whose grandson – Andrzej Mańkowski – is the founder of the new Uzdrowiskowe Museum being fitted in the center of Szczawnica, at Dietl Square (2009). The museum of the Szczawnica resort aims to present more than 350 different types of artifacts associated with the local therapeutics, archival documents, drawings, plans of buildings, old photographs, postcards and books.
Szczawnica has many snow skiing trails and slopes. The longest (2 km) at Palenica, is fitted with the 4-chair ski lift
and overhead lighting – capacity 2,200 people per hour. It is operated by a state agency.
was born in Szczawnica.
Nowy Targ County
Nowy Targ County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is...
in Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...
, in southern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. As of June 30, 2007, its population was 7,378.
Szczawnica is a well-known resort town since the mid nineteenth century. Due to the presence of alkali sorrel
Sorrel
Common sorrel or garden sorrel , often simply called sorrel, is a perennial herb that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable...
springs and favorable climatic conditions, many respiratory and digestive tract illnesses are treated there. In 2005 the popular local spa was officially returned by the Polish government to its prewar owners – Count Stadnicki family. The spa has almost two hundred year history. Its last private owner was Count Adam Stadnicki, whose grandson – Andrzej Mańkowski – is the founder of the new Uzdrowiskowe Museum being fitted in the center of Szczawnica, at Dietl Square (2009). The museum of the Szczawnica resort aims to present more than 350 different types of artifacts associated with the local therapeutics, archival documents, drawings, plans of buildings, old photographs, postcards and books.
Szczawnica has many snow skiing trails and slopes. The longest (2 km) at Palenica, is fitted with the 4-chair ski lift
Ski lift
The term ski lift generally refers to any transport device that carries skiers up a hill. A ski lift may fall into one of the following three main classes:-Lift systems and networks:...
and overhead lighting – capacity 2,200 people per hour. It is operated by a state agency.
See also
- Pieniny National Park (Poland)Pieniny National Park (Poland)Pieniny National Park is a protected area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, in the heart of the Pieniny Mountains.- The location :...
- Dunajec River GorgeDunajec River GorgeThe Dunajec River Gorge runs through the Pieniny Mountains in the south of Poland and the north of Slovakia . The gorge is characterized by some of the most interesting geological and geomorphological structures and area-specific natural ecosystems with little anthropogenic influence...
- Trzy Korony (Three Crowns) massifTrzy KoronyTrzy Korony is the summit of the Three Crowns Massif, an independent portion of a range called Pieniny Mountains in the south of Poland. Trzy Korony forms the central part of a compact group of connected mountains known as Pieniny Środkowe, consisting mainly of the limestone and dolomite rock strata...
- szczawnicaresort.com
Notable people
The ski mountaineer Szymon ZachwiejaSzymon Zachwieja
Szymon Daniel Zachwieja of the GP GOPR is a Polish ski mountaineer.He started ski mountaineering in 2004 and competed first in a race in Rabka in the same year. In 2007 he won the Polish Championship, and together with Jacek Żebracki, Andrzej Bargiel and Mariusz Wargocki, he finished eighth in the...
was born in Szczawnica.