Nowy Targ Poviat - poviat in Poland, in in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is in the Tatra Mountains New marketplace.
An administrative division
The poviat consists of:
municipal commune: Nowy Targ urban-rural communes: Rabka-Zdrój, Szczawnica rural communes: Czarny Dunajec, Czorsztyn, Jabłonka, Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Lipnica Wielka, Łapsze Niżne, Nowy Targ, Ochotnica Dolna, Raba Wyżna, Spytkowice, Szaflary towns: Nowy Targ, Szczawnica, Rabka-Zdrój
Neighboring counties
Tatra poviat Suski poviat Myślenice poviat Limanowski poviat Nowosądecki poviat
Worth seeing
in Nowy Targ
Historical monuments
Church 1
A wooden building, erected on a hill cut from the north by a steep slope, in the area of the cemetery. It was probably built at the end of the 15th century (the tradition of its founding by robbers in 1219 is not confirmed by any sources). Later reconstructions obliterated most of its original Gothic features. The most important renovation was made just before 1610, around 1772 the tower was added, and later renovations were carried out in 1865, 1879, 1903, 1974 and 2002. The late-Baroque main altar dates back to the first half of the 19th century. The eighteenth century. In its middle field there is a painting of the family of N. Maria from 1516 (covered with a painting of the Holy Family from 1763), and in the upper storey there is a painting of the Mother of God with Child from the beginning of the 16th century. In the side altars from the end of the 17th century there are Baroque paintings: St. Mary Magdalene and St. Mary of Egypt in the left and Our Lady of Grace and St. Rozalia in the right. Wall paintings by Hipolit Lipiński, a painter born in Nowy Targ, from around 1880, show, among others, the legend of the church being founded by highwaymen. The most interesting elements of the interior also include: a rococo pulpit, an organ from the second half of the 19th century. 18th century and two Gothic sculptures depicting Our Lady of Sorrows and St. John the Evangelist. During the last renovation, carried out in the years 1998–2001, wall paintings and a marble floor was laid. The church is on the Lesser Poland Wooden Architecture Trail. It is the oldest temple in Lesser Poland.
St. Catherine of Alexandria
Church 2
St. Catherine is currently the oldest existing church in Podhale. It was built in 1346. It was founded by King Casimir the Great. Previously, there was only a parish of the city's future patron. Due to fires that consumed the church in the years: 1601, 1656 (Swedish deluge), 1710, 1719, 1932 and subsequent renovations, the church does not look like it did 600 years ago. Currently, the church is made of brick. The interior of the church is in the Baroque style. In the main altar there is a painting of St. Catherine (from 1892). In the left side altar there is a painting of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor. It is decorated with figures of Moses and Elijah, while in the frontage there is an embossed leather - kurdyban, which, according to legend, was brought from Vienna by Jan III Sobieski. On the right, there is an altar of St. Joseph, which is a copy of the rich, baroque altar destroyed in a fire in 1932, with his painting (1970). The second image, placed in this altar, is that of St. Agnieszka Męczennicy. Both of these images obscure the crowned statue of Our Lady, Queen. The altar is crowned with a painting of St. Anna with Mary and St. Joachim and the figure of St. Michael the Archangel, trampling Satan. Below, on the walls of the nave, on each side there is another altar - on the left with a statue of St. Anthony with the Child, St. Teresa and St. Cunegunda and the painting of Our Lady of the Assumption (from 1899); and on the right, an altar dedicated to St. Nicholas, St. Barbara and St. Teresa, whose painting hangs in this altar. The music choir at the back of the church is also interesting. Thanks to the restoration works, the 18th-century decorations and paintings on the balustrade were unveiled, illustrating fragments of psalms. They were meant to arouse contempt for temporal and fleeting values. The railing is divided into 7 fields. The first and last paintings are signed: "Lord before you, all my desire is before you, and my sighing is not yours" and "Me enter your servant, for not everyone will be justified before you." There is a rosary garden with a spring next to the church.
Monuments
The statue of Władysław Orkan before removal from the Market Square
There are three monuments in Nowy Targ: the statue of Władysław Orkan on Słowacki Square, the statue of Adam Mickiewicz at the entrance to the city park, and the statue of John Paul II at the airport in Nowy Targ.
Market Square and Town Hall
Town Hall - Market Square
Nowy Targ is a trading city, so it has a large market, with an area of 1.5 ha. In the past, fairs were held there, crowds of merchants and the population of the entire Podhale region. Currently, the Market Square in Nowy Targ is surrounded by historic town houses (partially rebuilt in recent years), although until the end of the 18th century all the buildings were wooden (burned down in 1784). In the middle of the square there is a historic town hall from the 19th century. It is a two-story building with a tower at the front, topped with a dome and a spire. The previous wooden town hall stood in the same place as early as 1767. Near the town hall there is a chapel of St. Jan Kanty. It was consecrated on September 11, 1904, by the priest of the parish of St. Katarzyna Michał Wawrzynowski.
outside Nowy Targ
Tatra hills