Elamur LocationsWieliczka
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Wieliczka — Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.
Other forms in use:
- Groß Salze — Historical German name documented on German wartime maps; useful when reading English histories that cite those maps.
- Gross Salze — Plain-letter rendering of the historical German name Groß Salze.
French name
Wieliczka — Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.
Other forms in use:
- Groß Salze — German historical designation quoted in historical map documentation; a specialist reference form, not a current French exonym.
- Gross Salze — Plain-letter rendering of the German historical name, for French bibliographical searching.
About
Wieliczka is a town south-east of Kraków in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its historic salt mine, with underground chambers and chapels, is part of a UNESCO World Heritage property.
Notes
The World Heritage property also includes the mine at Bochnia and the Wieliczka Saltworks Castle. Input label 'Величка' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local_name is restored to the native-language form. Historical form documented in Wadoviana 15: https://wadoviana.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WADOVIANA_15_2012_calosc.pdf .
Identifiers: Wikidata Q472621 · JSON
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