Krynica-Zdrój (until 31 December 2001 Krynica, rue, Крениця, uk, Криниця) is a

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Nowy Sącz County __NOTOC__ Nowy Sącz County ( pl, powiat nowosądecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result ...

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, southern Poland. It is inhabited by over eleven thousand people. It is the biggest

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in Poland often called the ''Pearl of Polish Spas''; and a popular tourist and winter sports destination situated in the heart of the Beskids mountain range.

History and economy

Krynica was first recorded in official documents in 1547 and became a town in 1889. Due to its convenient location, infrastructure and rail connections with major cities in Europe, Krynica-Zdrój (Zdrój means mineral spring in Polish) was the location of winter sports tournaments during the

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, including the

1931 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1931 Ice Hockey World Championship was the fifth World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 1 and 8 February 1931 in Krynica, Poland. The tournament was won by Canada who were represented by the ...

and the 1935 FIL European Luge Championships. In the post-war period, the town has hosted the 1958 and 1962 FIL World Luge Championships, the 2004 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge, and the 2018 and 2020 Winter World Polonia Games. A

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built in 1997 on the Jaworzyna Krynicka mountain overlooking Krynica, and subsequent investment in modern skiing facilities (apart from the former track of bobsleigh) made Krynica one of the most important ski resorts in Poland. Nearby

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mountains are also a perfect setting for recreational cross-country skiing in winter and mountain-biking in summer. The winter sport of

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returned to Poland in the 2010s, after many decades. When the country made their first international appearance in 2006 at the World Championships for boys U15 in Edsbyn, Krynica-Zdrój contributed with most players.Bandy World Championships 2006: Poland roster.
Homepage. Krynica was home to Nikifor (birth name Epifaniusz Drowniak), a famous

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painter in communist Poland.

Points of interest

* Koncertowa in Park Slotwinski built in 1870 (today with a restaurant inside) * Pump-room Slotwinka in Park Slotwinski built in 1815 (open only in summer) * Historical 19th-century villas including ''The Góral Villa'', ''The Biała Róża Villa'' , ''The Janina Villa'' and ''The Biały Orzeł Villa'' * 19th-century

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Tserkva of Guardianship of the Blessed Virgin Mary * Modernist ''Patria'' Hotel designed by Bohdan Pniewski and built in 1932

International relations

Krynica was sometimes nicknamed "Eastern

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" for the Economic Forum held there each year in September since 1992 until the forum was transferred to the Lower Silesian town of

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in 2019. Politicians (including heads of state) and businessmen from several countries of Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East met there to discuss economic and political matters. Also, part of the inhabitants of Krynica belong to the Lemko minority who speak an Eastern Slavic language called

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Twin towns — Sister cities

Krynica-Zdrój is twinned with: *

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* Bad Sooden-Allendorf,

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* Bardejov,

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Notable people

*Henryk Ebers (1855–1919), physician * Henryk Szost (born 1982), long-distance runner * Jakub Czerwiński (born 1991), footballer * Katarzyna Kawa (born 1992), tennis player * Jan Kiepura (1902–1966), singer and actor * Joanna Kulig (born 1982), actress * Nikifor Krynicki, (1895–1968), naïve painter

External links

www.atrakcjekrynicy.pl www.krynica-zdroj.plwww.krynica-zdroj.com www.jaworzyna.pl www.jaworzynakrynicka.pl www.krynica.pl www.krynica.com.plwww.krynica.net.pl www.twojakrynica.plKrynica Agroturystyka

Jewish Community in Krynica-Zdrój
on Virtual Shtetl

References

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krynica-Zdroj Cities and towns in Lesser Poland Voivodeship Nowy Sącz County Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939) Spa towns in Poland