Nowy Targ
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Nowy Targ (German: Neumarkt am Dohnst) is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants (2006). It is the capital of the mountain (Podhale) region, and its name means 'new market'. The town is situated in the confluence of the rivers Biały and Czarny Dunajec, beneath the Gorce Mountains. It is, like many Eastern European towns, reputed to have been one place where Vladimir Lenin was in jail. It is famous in Poland for the ice hockey team Podhale Nowy Targ, a traditionally successful club.The town is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999). It was previously in Nowy Sacz Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowy_Targ
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°29'23"N 20°2'38"E
- Nowy Sącz 48 km
- Kraków 73 km
- Tarnów 89 km
- Prešov 95 km
- Jasło 103 km
- Ropczyce 128 km
- Mielec 135 km
- Rzeszów 146 km
- Tarnobrzeg 171 km
- Stalowa Wola 185 km
- Targowisko 0.7 km
- some info about "Bor na Czerwonem" forest... 4.2 km
- Obłazowa Cave 9 km
- Skała Kramnica 688 m n.p.m. 9 km
- Przełom Białki pod Krempachami 9 km