Tymbark

Infobox Settlement
name = Tymbark


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image_shield = POL Tymbark COA.svg
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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 = Gmina Tymbark
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population_as_of = 2004
population_total = 2700
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elevation = 427
timezone = CET
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timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 49 | latm = 43 | lats = 38 | latNS = N | longd = 20 | longm = 19 | longs = 32 | longEW = E
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 34-650
area_code = +48 18
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Tymbark is a village in southern Poland, some 80 km south-east of Cracow, population 2,400 (2004 data).

Tymbark was granted city rights in 1357 by King Casimir III of Poland. The town's original name was "Jodłowa Góra", but as the majority of first burghers came from German lands, the name was soon Germanised 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 fruit preserves, drinks and juices.

References

* [http://www.tymbark.pl/?gid=113&ro=000400&lang=en Town history]

External links

* [http://en.yellowpages.pl/AFE25481B1/TYMBARK_S_A_.html Information about Tymbark S.A.]