Nakło, Częstochowa County Explained

Nakło
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Częstochowa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lelów
Coordinates:50.65°N 62°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:614

Nakło is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelów, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south-east of Lelów, 460NaN0 east of Częstochowa, 840NaN0 north of Kraków 680NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Katowice.

Architectural relics include a brick church built at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries and consecrated in 1726 by Bishop Augustine Wessel, and an 18th-century neoclassical palace. The Palace at Nakło was designed by Polish economist and royal architect Jan Ferdynand Nax.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.