Bełdno

Bełdno
Village
Bełdno
Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 20°24′0″E / 49.82500°N 20.40000°E / 49.82500; 20.40000
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
County Bochnia
Gmina Żegocina
Population [1] 273
Website www.zegocina.pl (Polish)

Bełdno [ˈbɛwdnɔ] is a village and sołectwo in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Żegocina, 19 km (12 mi) south of Bochnia, and 43 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[2]

Origins

The village was established in 1398 according to the Magdeburg rights. These days it is the smallest of the subdivisions of the gmina.[3]

Shrine

By the road to Żegocina there is a wayside shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour. It contains a statue of the Virgin that was rescued from the main hall of Kraków station during the upheavals of September 1939.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jednostki pomocnicze gminy Żegocina - Sołectwa" [Auxiliary Units of Gmina Żegocina - Sołectwos] (in Polish). Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
  3. 1 2 Tadeusz Olszewski (2002). "Gmina Żegocina - sołectwo BełdnoBełdno". Merkuriusz Wiśnicki (in Polish). Retrieved 4 September 2009.

Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 20°24′0″E / 49.82500°N 20.40000°E / 49.82500; 20.40000


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