Ponice is a
village on the
Poniczanka River, in
Nowy Targ County
Nowy Targ County ( pl, powiat nowotarski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish ...
, by the northwestern slopes of the Gorcy mountains in Poland. It lies approximately south-east of
Rabka-Zdrój, north of
Nowy Targ, and south of the regional capital
Kraków.
To the west it borders on Rdzawka and
Rabka, to the east on Slonne, and to the south on Obidowa. The southeastern part is covered with woods, and along the northeastern border stretches the mountain range
Turbacz
Turbacz is the highest peak of the Gorce Mountains, a mountain range located in southern Lesser Poland. It lies in the middle of the range, and according to most sources, it is 1310 meters high. The peak itself is surrounded by dense pine forest, ...
(940 meters). It is in these woods, from the slope of Obidowa (1,027 metres), that the stream Poniczanka originates. The village's buildings lie in the valley of this stream; the higher part of the village is called Krupowe Działo.
In 1870 there were 125 houses and 894 inhabitants; in 1880 there were 136 houses and 843 inhabitants, of whom 842 were
Roman Catholics
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and one was
Jewish. As of 1870, the area of the major estate
. e., property registered under the ownership of noblesnumbered 3 morgs of farmland, 8 of pastures, and 888 of forests; the minor estate
roperty owned by peasantshad 1,185
Austrian morgs of farmland, 49 of meadows and gardens, 161 of pastures, and 144 of forests.
t is served bythe Roman Catholic parish church in
Rabka, and there is a private chapel in the village; the county court and tax office is in Nowy Targ, and the post and telegraph office is in Rabka (5 km. away). The owner of the registered estate is Julian Zubrzycki. [Br G, Vol. 8, page 767.
References
* ''Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego'' (15-volume gazetteer, late 19th century).
{{Gmina Rabka-Zdrój
Villages in Nowy Targ County