Tarnów - Tarnów

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Tarnów
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
Residents
110.956 (2015)
height
209 m
Tourist info webwww.it.tarnow.pl
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Tarnów

Tarnów (German: Tarnau) is a large city in the east of the polish Voivodeship Lesser Poland not far from the border to Subcarpathian. The city lies at the confluence of the Biała in the Dunajec at the foot of the Beskydy Mountains (Rożnów Mountains and Ciężkowice Mountains). The history of the city is closely related to the family of the magnates Tarnowski connected.

Districts

Marketplace
  • Old town
  • Strusina
  • Piaskówka
  • Grabówka
  • Rzędzin
  • Gumniska
  • Krakowska
  • Mościce
  • Chyszów
  • Klikowa
  • Krzyż
  • Jasna
  • Westerplatte
  • Legionów
  • Koszyce
  • Zielone

background

Tarnów around 1800
Tarnów around 1900

Tarnów dates back to the 12th century and today has almost 120,000 inhabitants. Originally the city belonged to the Benedictine order Tyniec at Krakow. The medieval buildings have been preserved in the old town. The square market (Rynek) is surrounded by three-story, colorful town houses with arcades. Castle, cathedral and the town hall date from the 14th century, but were rebuilt at a later time. The Old synagogue came from the 16th century, the New synagogue from the 19th century. Both were destroyed during the German occupation in World War II. The former Gothic town hall is now in the Renaissance style and houses a regional museum. Paintings of Polish modernism are exhibited there. In the cathedral there is the remarkable renaissance grave of the military commander Jan Tarnowski. The Diocesan Museum on Cathedral Square is housed in a house from the early 16th century.

After the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the city came to the Habsburgs and became the seat of the Tarnów district. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city received one tram. The Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów 1915, in which the Russian offensive to Galicia could be stopped. After the First World War, the city came back to Poland. The chemical company was established here in the interwar period Tarnów-Mościce nitrogen works founded from which the Grupa Azoty emerged.

The remains of the synagogue and the large Jewish cemetery in the northeast of the city are reminiscent of the formerly large number of Jewish residents in Tarnów. On the square under the oak a memorial commemorates the deportation of the Jewish population from the Tarnów Ghetto to the extermination camp Bełżec. Tarnów is also known for the Gypsy Festival, which takes place here every June and where thousands of Sinti and Roma from all over Poland meet. The Ethnographic Museum in Tarnów commemorates the fate of this population group during the Nazi era.

In 1975 the city became the capital of the eponymous Voivodeship and 1992 Tarnów to Diocese seat raised.

getting there

Map of Tarnow

By plane

The international airports in Krakow (Krakow Airport) and in Rzeszów (Rzeszów Airport) are about the same distance away.

road

From Krakow and Rzeszów you can get there by motorway A4 to Tarnów. The Voivodeship Street 973 connects the city with the health resort Busko-Zdrój in the voivodeship Holy Cross.

By train

Tarnów has numerous train stations. The main train station is close to the center.

By bus

Tarnów has a central bus station near the center.

mobility

The old town can be explored on foot or by bike. Buses run to the more remote parts of the city.

Tourist Attractions

Marketplace
Casimir the Great Square
Bahnhofsplatz
Cathedral Square
Holy Family Church
Szekler Gate

Castles and Palaces

  • Castle ruins
  • Sanguszko Palace
  • Palace of Weddings
  • Schützenpalais

  • Castle ruins

  • Sanguszko Palace

  • Palace of Weddings

Churches

  • St. Mary's Cathedral with numerous magnate tombs from the Renaissance
  • Assumption Church
  • Holy Cross Church
  • Trinity Church
  • Marienkirche
  • Holy Family Church
  • Annakirche (foundations preserved)
  • Joseph Chapel
  • Sanguszko Chapel

  • Tarnowski grave

  • Jan Tarnowski grave

  • Barbara Rożnów grave

  • Kasper Branicki Tomb

  • Zofia Ostrogska tomb

  • Barbara Tarbowski grave

  • Ostrogski tomb

Monasteries

  • Bernardine monastery
  • Ursuline Convent
  • Carmelite Convent
  • Sacre Coeur Monastery

  • Bernardine monastery

  • Ursuline Convent

  • Sacre Coeur Monastery

Synagogues

  • Judengasse

  • Old synagogue

  • New synagogue

  • Mykwa

Official building

  • town hall
  • Szancer mill

  • town hall

Town houses

  • Florence house
  • Scholasteria
  • Academiola
  • Ratajewiczowski house
  • Mikołajowski house

  • Florence house

  • Scholasteria

  • Academiola

  • Mikołajowski house

Weir systems

  • medieval city wall (remains preserved)

  • Bastion

graveyards

  • Old graveyard
  • Jewish Cemetery
  • Military cemetery from World War I.
  • War cemetery from the First World War II
  • War cemetery from the First World War III
  • Military cemetery from the First World War IV
  • Military cemetery from the First World War V
  • Red Army military cemetery
  • Klikowa Cemetery
  • Krzyż cemetery
  • Mościce cemetery

  • Old graveyard

  • Jewish Cemetery

  • Red Army Cemetery

  • jew. Military cemetery

  • Military cemetery

Parks

  • Jakubowski Park
  • Strzelecki Park
  • Piaskówka Park
  • Independence park
  • Sanguszko Park

  • Jakubowski Park

  • Strzelecki Park

  • Piaskówka Park

  • Independence park

  • Sanguszko Park

Monuments

  • Marian column
  • Bem mausoleum
  • Bem monument
  • Lion fountain
  • Mickiewicz monument
  • Kwiatkowski Monument
  • John Paul II monument
  • Auschwitz Transport Memorial
  • Memorial of Stalinism
  • Memorial to the victims of war and fascism
  • Brandstaetter memorial
  • Petőfi monument
  • Witos monument
  • Łokietek Monument
  • Szczepanik bust
  • Poet Bank

  • Bem mausoleum

  • Marian column

  • Bem monument

  • Lion fountain

  • Mickiewicz monument

  • Brandstaetter memorial

  • Petőfi monument

  • Łokietek Monument

Places

  • Marketplace
  • Cathedral Square
  • Casimir the Great Square

Streets

  • Cathedral Street
  • Bernhardinerstrasse
  • Cracow Street
  • Lemberger Strasse
  • Piłsudski Street
  • Wallstrasse

  • Cracow Street

  • Wallstrasse

activities

Stroll through the old town, visit a museum or relax in the shady parks. The south adjoining Sandezer and Island Beskids invite you to go hiking, cycling and winter sports.

Museums

  • Diocesan Museum
    • Academiola
    • Scholasteria
    • Mikołajowski house
  • city ​​Museum
    • Town hall (art museum)
    • Bürgerhaus (historical city museum)
    • Ethnographic Museum
    • Panorama gallery
    • Regional center
    • Dębno Castle

  • Diocesan Museum

  • Diocesan Museum

  • Diocesan Museum

  • C. Dolci, City Museum

  • A. Dürer, City Museum

  • Entrance to the city museum

theatre

  • Solski Theater
  • Alternative theater Nie Teraz
  • Youth Theater OdMowy
  • Mościce Theater
  • Theater tupusie

  • Solski Theater

Cinemas

  • Marzenie
  • millennium
  • Cinema 3D

Cultural centers

  • Tarnów Cultural Center
  • Gallery BWA

  • Tarnów Cultural Center

  • Gallery BWA

shop

From small mom and pop shops to large shopping centers, everything is available.

  • Galeria Tarnovia
  • Gemini Park

  • Galeria Tarnovia

  • Gemini Park

kitchen

There are numerous restaurants serving Polish and international cuisine. For Polish cuisine, see the relevant section in the article Poland.

Cheap

  • Efes kebab
  • Pyza
  • Kraina pierogów
  • Kawiarnia sofa
  • Xinh Xinh
  • Restauracja Na Dziedzińcu
  • Szarotka

medium

  • Gospoda Rycerska
  • Pół na Pół Tarnów
  • Tarnowski Kumpir
  • Maranto
  • Piekarnia Paweł i Gaweł
  • Restauracja Kawiarnia U Zbycha
  • u Młynarzy
  • BombayMusic

Upscale

  • Restauracja Stara Łaźnia
  • El Paso
  • Restauracja Tatrzańska
  • Restauracja Obsesja Smaku
  • Restauracja Soprano

nightlife

The nightlife is concentrated in the old town.

  • Pub Śródmieście

accommodation

The choice is quite large, from cheap hostels to posh hotels.

Cheap

  • Aparthotel Zakątna

medium

  • Apartamenty Wałowa
  • Hotel Tarnovia
  • Hotel Krzyski
  • Hotel Kantoria
  • Gal Hotel

Upscale

  • Euro hotel
  • Bristol Hotel

  • Hotel City

  • Euro hotel

trips

literature

See article too Poland.

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