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Bielany , originally a village near
Bielany
at ZabytkiKrakowa.info. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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Bielany , originally a village near Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
(Poland
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), since 1941 one of its neighbourhoods, located some west of the city centre. Nowadays Bielany is a part of Kraków's Zwierzyniec
Zwierzyniec (; uk, Звежинець, Zvezhynetsʹ) is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004).
Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park. The par ...
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at ZabytkiKrakowa.info. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
History
The first written record of Bielany comes from the 12th century. In the first half of the 17th century a Camaldolese monastery was established there, damaged in 1655 during the Siege of Kraków (1655) in the course of the Polish-Swedish war. It was rebuilt after a subsequent fire in 1814. Under theAustrian Partition
The Austrian Partition ( pl, zabór austriacki) comprise the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth acquired by the Habsburg monarchy during the Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century. The three partitions were conduct ...
, after 30 years of deliberation and planning, in 1901 Kraków's first municipal water supply
A water supply network or water supply system is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components that provide water supply. A water supply system typically includes the following:
# A drainage basin (see Water purification#Sources of ...
plant opened in Bielany. Additional capacity was provided in 1917, and the plant is still in use today in a limited capacity.
The nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
called Little Bielany Rocks ( pl, Rezerwat Skałki Bielańskie) on the southern slope of the monastery hill was established in 1957.
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