See also: Chochołów, Łódź Voivodeship.
| Chochołów | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Targ |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Czarny Dunajec |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 16th century |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 49.3678°N 19.8172°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 1135 |
| Population Footnotes: | (approx.) |
| Registration Plate: | KNT |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Chochołów pronounced as /pl/ is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia.[1]
Chochołów lies approximately 9km (06miles) south of Czarny Dunajec, 190NaN0 south-west of Nowy Targ, and 1010NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków. The village has an approximate population of 1,135.
Chochołów was founded in the 16th century by Bartłomiej Chochołowski, who was appointed hereditary sołtys by Polish King Stephen Báthory for his war merits.[2] The first church was built in the 16th century.[2]
Following the late-18th-century Partitions of Poland, it was annexed by Austria. It became known as the place of the Chochołów Uprising of 1846 (Powstanie chochołowskie) against the foreign oppression in the Austrian Partition of Poland. The uprising was crushed by the Austrians, and its leaders were imprisoned in various locations.[3] Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.
Its economy is closely associated with tourism and the popular Polish-Slovak border crossing to Suchá Hora in the Orava region.
Chochołów is a village comprised almost exclusively of the heritage Polish wooden houses (góralskie chaty) built by the Polish Gorals highlanders. Prominent heritage sights include the Chochołów Uprising Museum and the Saint Hyacinth church.
A thermal spa area[4] was opened here in 2016 using hot mineral springs from the Dolina Chocholowska valley which is located in some distance to the south in the Tatra Mountains National Park.