Podsarnie Explained

Podsarnie
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Targ
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Raba Wyżna
Coordinates:49.5667°N 67°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:803
Area Code:18
Postal Code:34-721
Registration Plate:KNT

Podsarnie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wyżna, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8km (05miles) west of Raba Wyżna, 200NaN0 north-west of Nowy Targ, and 560NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa).

History

The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. In 1880, Podsarnie, also known in the past as Sarnia, had a population of 487, entirely Polish by nationality.[2] It became again part of Poland following World War I.

The local primary school is the first school in Poland to be named after Lech Kaczyński and Maria Kaczyńska, presidential couple that perished in the Smolensk air disaster on 10 April 2010.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom X. 1889. pl. Warsaw. 318.