Bełdno Explained

Bełdno
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bochnia
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Żegocina
Coordinates:49.825°N 20.4°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:273
Website:www.zegocina.pl

Bełdno is a village and sołectwo in the administrative district of Gmina Żegocina, within Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-west of Żegocina, 190NaN0 south of Bochnia, and 430NaN0 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jednostki pomocnicze gminy Żegocina - Sołectwa. Auxiliary Units of Gmina Żegocina - Sołectwos. Polish. 3 September 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228111032/http://www.zegocina.pl/BIP/ug/jednostki_pomocnicze.htm. 28 February 2009. dead.
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 1 June 2008. Polish.
  3. Web site: Gmina Żegocina - sołectwo BełdnoBełdno. 2002. Polish. 4 September 2009. Tadeusz Olszewski. Merkuriusz Wiśnicki.