Bochnia

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municipality town

Bochnia is a historic town in southern Poland best known for its medieval salt mine, one of the oldest in Europe.

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Bochnia, Poland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
belongedToHistoricalRegion District of Galicia ⓘ
surface form: Galicia
country Poland ⓘ
distanceToKraków_km about 40 ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
grantedTownRightsIn 1253 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity salt mining heritage tourism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Bochnia Royal Salt Mine ⓘ
surface form: Bochnia Salt Mine
hasMuseum Bochnia Regional Museum ⓘ
hasPopulation about 30000 ⓘ
hasPopulationAsOf early 21st century ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Kraków ⓘ
Tarnów ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Saint Nicholas Basilica in Bochnia ⓘ
hasTwinTown Bad Salzdetfurth ⓘ
Czarna Góra ⓘ
Sanok ⓘ
Schellenberg ⓘ
Seini ⓘ
Sobrance ⓘ
hasVoivodeshipRoad Voivodeship road 965 ⓘ
historicalRegion Lesser Poland ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Bochnia County ⓘ
knownFor Bochnia Royal Salt Mine ⓘ
surface form: Bochnia Salt Mine
locatedIn Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Bochnia County ⓘ
locatedNear Kraków ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Raba River ⓘ
partOfHistoricalState Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 32-700 ⓘ
saltMineEstablishedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
saltMineIsOneOf oldest salt mines in Europe ⓘ
saltMineOpenToTourists yes ⓘ
saltMineType rock salt mine ⓘ
saltMineUNESCOListingExtendedFrom Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine inscription
saltMineUNESCOStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
townRightsGrantedBy Duke Bolesław V the Chaste ⓘ
surface form: Bolesław V the Chaste
vehicleRegistrationCode KBC ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire
wasAnnexedInPartition Partitions of Poland ⓘ
surface form: First Partition of Poland

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this entity surface form: Bochnia, Poland