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    Bochnia [ˈbɔxɲa] is a town on the river Raba in southern Poland, administrative seat of Bochnia County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town lies approximately...
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    Bochnia County (Polish: powiat bocheński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern...
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    The Bochnia Salt Mine (Polish: Kopalnia soli Bochnia) in Bochnia, Poland, is one of the oldest salt mines in the world and is the oldest commercial company...
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    Bochnia railway station is a railway station in Bochnia (Lesser Poland), Poland. As of 2022, it is served by Koleje Małopolskie (KMŁ), Polregio, and PKP...
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  • Bochnia Commune (Polish: Gmina Bochnia) is a gmina ("commune" or "municipality") within Lesser Poland Voivodeship in the south of Poland. It is situated...
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    salt-pits in Bochnia from 1649, castellan of Wojnicz from 1655 and voivode of Kraków Voivodship from 1667. Starost of Biecz, Warsaw, Bochnia and Nowy Targ...
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    577,900, in 1998 it grew to 700,800. Tarnów (121 494) Dębica (49 107) Bochnia (29 887) Brzesko (17 859) Dąbrowa Tarnowska (11 178) Voivodeships of Poland...
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    royal residence and burial site of Polish monarchs, the old salt mines of Bochnia (Europe's oldest) and Wieliczka, the pilgrimage town of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska...
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    Wieliczka and Bochnia Salt Mine. The castle is located in the former mine complex and was designated as part of the Wieliczka and Bochnia UNESCO World...
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    Poland. In 2010 it was successfully proposed that the nearby historic Bochnia Salt Mine (Poland's oldest salt mine) be added to the list of UNESCO World...
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  • [ˈwazɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rzezawa, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately...
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    containing the 7 western Kreise: Krakau Wadowice Sandec Jasło Rzeszow Tarnow Bochnia (A listing which includes the Bezirke for each Kreis can be found at Subdivisions...
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    The execution of 56 Polish citizens in Bochnia, near Kraków, during German occupation of Poland, December 18, 1939, in a reprisal for an attack on a German...
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    Empire. Its main line was intended to connect Vienna with the salt mines in Bochnia near Kraków. The name is still used today in referring to a number of railway...
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  • Salzberg may refer to: Bochnia, Sivac Praid, Harghita County, Romania Salzberg, a formerly independent municipality in Bavaria, now part of Berchtesgaden...
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    Bochnia - Tarnów - Dębica - Rzeszów Regional services (PR) Kraków - Bochnia - Tarnów - Nowy Sącz - Piwniczna Regional services (PR) Kraków - Bochnia -...
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  • Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Rzezawa, 4 km (2 mi) east of Bochnia...
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    14th-century outbreaks of violence against the Jews in Kalisz, Kraków and Bochnia. Traders and artisans jealous of Jewish prosperity, and fearing their rivalry...
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    Mass execution of 56 Polish citizens in Bochnia, near Kraków, following the Nazi invasion of Poland, December 18, 1939...
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    goods Household goods Biłgoraj 1991 Furniture P A Bochnia Salt Mine Basic materials General mining Bochnia 1248 Salt mine P A Bogdanka Coal Mine Basic materials...
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    largest city powiat bocheński – gminas: urban – Bochnia, urban-rural – Nowy Wiśnicz, rural – Bochnia, Drwinia, Łapanów, Rzezawa, Trzciana, Żegocina, powiat...
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    administration of the salt mines of Bochnia and Wieliczka was noteworthy. In 1251 deposits of halite were discovered in Bochnia; previously, only brine had been...
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    Biała 86174 83.0% 0.0% 0.3% 16.7% 0.0% 93.9% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0% Bochnia 114401 99.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 93.9% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 5.8% 0.0% Brzesko...
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  • Kraków Wieliczka Bochnia Auschwitz Białowieża Forest Warsaw Zamość Malbork Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Toruń Park Mużakowski Centennial Hall Silver Mine Krzemionki...
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    Bobolice Bobowa Bobrowniki Bochnia Bodzanów Bodzentyn Bogatynia Bogoria Boguchwała Boguszów-Gorce Bojanowo Bolesławiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Bolesławiec...
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    Salt Mines collectively), Wieliczka Salt Mine in Wieliczka and Bochnia Salt Mine in Bochnia (city rights, 1253), as well as river salt ports on Vistula and...
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    Wehrmacht soldiers shooting Polish civilians in a reprisal, Bochnia, December 1939...
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    Voivodship from 1720 and of Kraków Voivodship from 1728. He was the starost of Bochnia, Żarnowiec, Lanckorona and Lipno. Niesiecki, Kaspar (1846). Herbarz Polski...
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  • War was over they returned to Poland and settled in the small village of Bochnia, located in the Southwest of Poland near Kraków. While studying in Poland...
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  • Łapanów, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Bochnia and 34 km (21 mi)...
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