Olkusz

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Olkusz is a historic town in southern Poland known for its medieval silver and lead mining heritage and well-preserved Old Town.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
country Poland
distanceToKraków_km about 40
germanName Ilkenau
hasCulturalEvent Olkusz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Days of Olkusz town festival
hasFeature fragments of medieval town walls
historic burgher houses
historic town center
market square
parish church of St. Andrew the Apostle
town hall building on the market square
hasHistoricalRegion Lesser Poland
hasMuseum Olkusz Regional Museum
Olkusz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Underground Olkusz exhibition
hasNearbyAttraction Błędów Desert
Eagles' Nests Landscape Park
hasRailConnectionTo Katowice
Kraków
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz
hasSportsClub Olkusz self-linksurface differs
surface form: KS Olkusz
historicalAffiliation Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)
surface form: Kingdom of Poland

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
historicalEconomicRole center of silver and lead ore extraction
important mining center
historicalLaw Magdeburg rights
historicalPartitionPeriod Russian Partition of Poland
historicalRightGranted town rights
knownFor Old Town
lead mining
medieval silver mining
locatedIn Lesser Poland Voivodeship
southern Poland
locatedNear Kraków
miningBasin Olkusz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Olkusz–Bolesław mining district
partOf Silesian–Cracow Upland
populationApprox about 35000
postalCodePrefix 32-300
river Biała Przemsza (nearby basin)
seatOf Olkusz County
surface form: Gmina Olkusz

Olkusz County
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
townRightsGrantedBy Duke Bolesław V the Chaste
townRightsGrantedYear 1257
vehicleRegistrationCode KOL

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Olkusz miningBasin Olkusz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Olkusz–Bolesław mining district
Olkusz hasMuseum Olkusz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Underground Olkusz exhibition
Olkusz hasCulturalEvent Olkusz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Days of Olkusz town festival
Olkusz hasSportsClub Olkusz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: KS Olkusz
Olkusz County capital Olkusz
Olkusz County seat Olkusz
Olkusz County contains Olkusz
parish church of St. Andrew the Apostle locatedInSettlement Olkusz
this entity surface form: town of Olkusz
Old Town locatedIn Olkusz
subject surface form: Old Town (Olkusz)
Ilkenau historicalNameOf Olkusz
Ilkenau correspondsTo Olkusz
this entity surface form: Polish name "Olkusz"
Ilkenau replacedBy Olkusz
Chaumont twinnedWith Olkusz
Gmina Olkusz hasCapital Olkusz
Gmina Olkusz contains Olkusz
Gmina Olkusz appliesJurisdictionOver Olkusz
this entity surface form: town of Olkusz
Olkusz urban area hasUrbanCore Olkusz
this entity surface form: town of Olkusz
Klucze hasNearbyCity Olkusz
Pustynia Błędowska near Olkusz