Tymbark is a village in southern

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, some 80 km south-east of

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, population 2,400 (2004 data). It lies approximately west of

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and south-east of the regional capital

. Tymbark was granted city rights in 1357 by King Casimir III of Poland. The town's original name was ''Jodłowa Góra'' (literally: ''firry mountain''), but as the majority of first burghers came from German lands, the name was soon

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as ''Tannenberg'', which gave origin to the current one, used from about the 16th century. Tymbark lost the city status in 1934; now it is the administrative centre of Gmina Tymbark. In 1936 the Podhalańska Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative was established in Tymbark, which developed into a successful business. The cooperative was nationalised in 1950, reprivatised in 1995 and now operates as '' Tymbark S.A.'', producing

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, drinks and juices. Tymbark is twinned with

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Villages in Limanowa County Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795) Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Kraków Voivodeship (1919–1939) {{Limanowa-geo-stub it:Tymbark