Last modified: 2005-11-19 by jarig bakker
Keywords: wieliczka |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
Wieliczka: It was unclear if this was only the mining company's
flag or the city's: White with coat of arms and a (R) registered mark and
black lettering in Polish. Flag adopted 1995.
Luc Baronian, 18 May 1999
Wieliczka: in Wieliczka county in the Cracovian region, known for the
saltpans whose excavation was begun by the early Slavic people already
in BC times. The village of Wieliczka was tied to a Benedictine monastery
in Tyniec and populated by German settlers. A town since 1289 and located
again on the Magdeburg law in 1356. ca. 17.000 inhabitants as of 1994.
Gwidon S. Naskrent, 6 Sept 2000