Bronowice Małe is a neighborhood (''

osiedle (Polish plural: ) is a term used in Poland to denote a designated subdivision or neighbourhood of a city or its , or of a town, with its own council and executive. Like the and sołectwo, an is an auxiliary unit (''jednostka pomocnicza'') of ...

'') of

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

, part of the Bronowice district.

History

Since 1294 the location was recorded to be a property of St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków. In 1934–1941 it was part of rural gmina and was its administrative center.Dz.U. 1934 nr 64 poz. 535
A Ministry of the Interior order about the subdivision of

Kraków County __NOTOC__ Kraków County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 199 ...

into rural gminas

People associated with Bronowice Małe

*Rydel family; see Rydlówka manor house-museum **

Lucjan Rydel Lucjan Rydel, also known as Lucjan Antoni Feliks Rydel (17 May 1870 in Kraków – 8 April 1918 in Bronowice Małe), was a Polish playwright and poet from the Young Poland movement. Life Rydel was the son of Lucjan Rydel, a surgeon, ophthalmolog ...

(1870–1918), poet, playwright ** (1833–1895), professor, rector of the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

** Anna Rydlówna (1884–1969), nurse, recipient of the

Florence Nightingale Medal The Florence Nightingale Medal is an international award presented to those distinguished in nursing and named after British nurse Florence Nightingale. The medal was established in 1912 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), f ...

**, historian, chief of the Polish section of the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity **, literature historian, editor, author, museum curator, recipient of the Silver

Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis The Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture () or Gloria Artis Medal, is a departmental decoration of Poland in arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations for distinguish ...

* (Perel Singer, Pepa Singer) (1881–1955), the prototype of Rachel from '' The Wedding'', an influential 1901 play by

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created symbolic national dramas accordant with the artisti ...

Włodzimierz Tetmajer Włodzimierz Tetmajer (December 31, 1861 in Harklowa – December 26, 1923 in Kraków) was a Polish painter with works in collections of the National Museum in Warsaw and Kraków. Biography Włodzimierz Tetmajer was born in Harklowa near Kr ...

(1861–1923), artist and writer

References

External links

Bronowice Małe community (no-governmental) historical archive
{{Authority control Neighbourhoods of Kraków