Czarny Dunajec
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Czarny Dunajec | |
|---|---|
 Rynek (Market Square) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Czarny Dunajec | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′22″N 19°51′15″E / 49.43944°N 19.85417°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Targ |
| Gmina | Czarny Dunajec |
| Founded | 1230s |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.72 km2 (8.39 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,501 |
| • Density | 161.2/km2 (417.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34-470 |
| Area code | +48 18 |
| Car plates | KNT |
Czarny Dunajec [ˈt͡ʂarnɘ duˈnajɛt͡s] is a town located in southern Poland near the Polish-Slovak border in a valley alongside a river of the same name.[1]
Czarny Dunajec is the seat of the gmina, belonging to the Nowy Targ County (Polish: Powiat Nowotarski) and in the Lesser Poland.
Czarny Dunajec was founded around 1234.[2] The local Catholic church was founded by starost of Nowy Targ Jan Pieniążek, his wife Zofia Pieniążkowa, sołtys Tomasz Miętus and first parish priest Szymon Bukowiński.[2]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Czarny Dunajec was occupied by Germany until 1945. From late 1940 to January 1943, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the town.[3] On May 20, 1942, the Gestapo executed two Jews and one Pole as punishment for aiding Jews.[4]
