Limanowa

Infobox Settlement
name = Limanowa
image_shield = POL Limanowa COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lesser Poland
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Limanowa County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Limanowa (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name =
elevation_m = 400
area_total_km2 = 18.64
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 14632
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49
latm = 42
lats = 2
latNS = N
longd = 20
longm = 25
longs = 36
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 34-600, 34-601, 34-651
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = KLI
website = http://miasto.limanowa.pl/

Limanowa [IPA-pl|l|i|m|a|'|n|o|w|a] ( _yi. לימינוב-Liminuv) is a small town (population 14,624 as of 2005) in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Limanowa County.

Limanowa aspires to be an administrative, economic, and cultural center. The town is well-prepared to receive tourists. In a local school, American students meet every year during the summer holidays.

Traveling to Limanowa is easy as it has connections with the main southern cities of Poland.

History

Limanowa became a town when in 1565 the Polish king gave it city rights.

In World War I, Limanowa was located at the Eastern Front. At the start of the war, it the site of the Battle of Limanowa between December 1 and December 9, 1914 in which the Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a Russian breakthrough southwestwards between Limanowa and Kraków.

During the Second World War there was a ghetto in Limanowa in which the German occupiers murdered 50% of Jewish population of Limanowa. There was also a refinery taken over by the Germans and being one of the main sources of oil for German army in this part of Poland.

""High Schools in Limanowa""Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace no1

Twin Towns

Truskavets is twinned with
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External links

* http://www.limanowa.regionalnie.pl
* http://www.miasto.limanowa.pl/ - Official City's Site
* http://www.ilmanowa.republika.pl
* http://www.limanowa.eu
* http://www.limanowa.com.pl/