Półwieś | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wadowice |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Spytkowice |
Coordinates: | 49.9736°N 19.5597°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Elevation Min M: | 235 |
Elevation Max M: | 305 |
Population Total: | 525[1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Półwieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Spytkowice, within Wadowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies approximately 11km (07miles) north-east of Wadowice and 290NaN0 west of the regional capital Kraków,[2] on the national road No. 44 Kraków - Gliwice.
The settlement was founded in the 13th century, until the mid-15th century it belonged to the knight and nobleman Nicholas Saszowski of Gierałtowice (name historically also written as: Szaszowski), who sold it on to the Cistercian monastery in . The Cistercian monastery held possession of the village until the end of the 18th century.
In the years 1975–1998, the village was located in the Bielsko province.
Until December 31, 2006, the village was part of the administrative district of Gmina Brzeźnica.