Stare Miasto is a district () of the city of

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. The first administrative district covers a wider area than the Old Town of Kraków itself. Four out of nine subdivisions are forming

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"Historic Centre of Kraków". Six subdivisions are part of the

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(''pomnik historii'') "Historical ensemble of the city of Kraków".

Location

The district is located in the centre part of Kraków, on the river

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to its south-west and south. To its north-west, the district borders the

Prądnik Biały Prądnik Biały is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the northwest part of the city. The name ''Prądnik Biały'' comes from a village of the same name that is now a part of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office da ...

district (IV), to its north the district

Prądnik Czerwony Prądnik Czerwony is one of 18 districts of Kraków; known as Dzielnica III (District 3), located in the northern part of the city. The name ''Prądnik Czerwony'' comes from a village of same name (first mentioned in 1105) that is now a part of th ...

(III) and to its east the district Grzegórzki (II). Across the river it borders the district

Podgórze Podgórze ( German: ''Josefstadt'') is a district of Kraków, Poland, situated on the right (southern) bank of the Vistula River, at the foot of Lasota Hill. The district was subdivided in 1990 into six new districts, see present-day districts o ...

(XIII) to its south and the district Dębniki (VIII) to its south-west. The district is bordered by

Zwierzyniec Zwierzyniec () 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 park comprises some of the last remaining s ...

(VII) and

Krowodrza Krowodrza is one of 18 districts of Kraków, located in the western part of the city. The name ''Krowodrza'' comes from a village of same name that is now a part of the district. According to the Central Statistical Office data, the district's ...

(V) to its west.

History

Kraków was the royal capital of Poland, until

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa (, ; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Re ...

relocated the court to

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

in 1596.

Kazimierz Kazimierz (; ; ) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. From its inception in the 14th century to the early 19th century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom, located sou ...

got

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in 1335, Kleparz in 1366. They were integrated in the town of Kraków between 1792 and 1795. The current division with eighteen districts was introduced on 27 March 1991 and revised by Kraków City Council on 19 April 1995. Kraków's historic centre was entered on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1978. The Historic Monument "Historical ensemble of the city of Kraków" was declared by President

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in 1994.

District subdivisions

The

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are indicating historical districts of Kraków which had been active between 1876 and 1954. *

VIII. * Kleparz V. * Nowe Miasto ("New Town") *

Nowy Świat ''Nowy Świat'' (), known in English as New World Street, is one of the main historic thoroughfares of Warsaw, Poland. It comprises part of the Royal Route (''Trakt królewski'') that extends from Warsaw's Royal Castle and Old Town, south to K ...

III. ("New World") * Piasek IV. * Stare Miasto ''or'' Śródmieście I. ("Old Town" or "city centre") * Stradom VII. * Warszawskie *

Wawel The Wawel Royal Castle (; ''Zamek Królewski na Wawelu'') and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established o ...

II.

UNESCO World Heritage Site and Historic Monument

Four subdivisions with 1.496 km2 (0.578 sq mi) are part of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Kraków". *

Stare Miasto Stare Miasto means "Old Town" in Polish. It may refer to the following places: City districts * Stare Miasto, Gdańsk * Stare Miasto, Kraków (for the specific neighbourhood, see Kraków Old Town) * Stare Miasto, Police * Stare Miasto, Pozna� ...

("Old Town" with Okół) *

Wawel Hill The Wawel Royal Castle (; ''Zamek Królewski na Wawelu'') and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established o ...

* Stradom *

The other subdivisions mentioned above are part of the buffer zone with exception of the modern part of Nowe Miasto. The World Heritage Site and the subdivisions of Nowy Świat and Piasek are part of the Historic Monument (''pomnik historii'') "Historical ensemble of the city of Kraków" (''Historyczny zespół miasta''). A part of

Wesoła Wesoła () is one of the districts of Warsaw, and has been as such since October 27, 2002. Wesoła is located in the south-eastern part of city. Wesoła received town privileges on December 17, 1968. Then, the town included Wola Grzybowska, ...

and the historic centre of

across the Vistula are completing the site. Historic monuments are objects of the highest level of

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External links

Website of Dzielnica I Stare Miasto
(Polish)

References