Myślenice

Myślenice
Market Square
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Myślenice
Coordinates: 49°50′05″N 19°56′20″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland Voivodeship
County	Myślenice
Gmina	Myślenice
Government
• Mayor	Jarosław Szlachetka (PiS)
Area
• Total	30.1 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	17,554
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32-400
Car plates	KMY
Website	http://www.myslenice.pl

Myślenice [mɨɕlɛˈɲit͡sɛ] is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The town is divided into six districts. One of them, Zarabie, is a popular local tourist destination. It is located behind the Raba river (Zarabie meaning "Beyond the (River) Raba"), and it has Chełm mountain, with a view tower, a landscape park and ski lifts.

Myślenice-Zarabie, the River Raba

Myślenice is located on the so-called Zakopianka Road, which is a popular name of the European route E77 road, connecting Kraków with Zakopane (the E77 itself separates itself from the Zakopianka at Rabka). Myślenice does not have a train station.

History

Market square and the Church of the Birth of Virgin Mary in Myślenice

First mentions of Myślenice come from 1253 - 1258. At that time, it was a defensive settlement, with a castle and fortifications, designed to protect Kraków from the south. In 1342, Myślenice received its Magdeburg rights town charter, and it started to develop into a local commercial center. Among visitors who came here, were Mikolaj Rej, who wrote part of his Life of an Honest Man during his stay there; King Władysław II Jagiełło and Queen Jadwiga; German emperor Sigismund; and other personalities. In 1557, Myślenice came under the jurisdiction of Kraków castellans, who were much more concerned with their city. The town began to decline, and it was destroyed in the deluge. In 1772 (see Partitions of Poland), Myślenice was annexed by Austria, and until 1918, it belonged to the province of Galicia. After World War I, the town became part of the Second Polish Republic. On 22 January 1945, Myślenice was liberated by the troops of 38th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front. Between 1975-1998 the city was part of the Kraków Voivodeship.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Myślenice is twinned with:

Bełchatów, Poland Csopak, Hungary Dahlonega, United States Lüdenscheid, Germany Tinqueux, France

Sports

• Dalin Myślenice - women's volleyball team that has won Polish Seria B Women's Volleyball League in 2003/2004 season and was promoted to play in Polish Seria A Women's Volleyball League in 2004/2005 season.
• CFL slotback Dave Stala was born here.

External links

• Jewish Community in Myślenice on Virtual Shtetl