Żabno

Market Square in Żabno

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Żabno

Coordinates: 50°7′58″N 20°53′7″E / 50.13278°N 20.88528°E

Country

Poland

Established

12th century

Town rights

1385-1905, 1934

Government

• Mayor

Stanisław Jan Kusior

Area

• Total

11.12 km² (4.29 sq mi)

Elevation

183 m (600 ft)

Population (2006)

• Total

4,271

• Density

380/km² (990/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

33-240

Area code(s)

+48 14

Car plates

KTA

Website

http://www.zabno.pl

Żabno [ˈʐabnɔ] is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged to the Tarnów Voivodeship.

First recorded mentioning of Żabno dates back to the 12th century, when Prince Bolesław V the Chaste granted the settlement to a knight known as Świętosław. It became a center of communication and trade, due to a convenient location along a merchant route from Wojnicz and Pilzno, to Opatowiec and Nowy Korczyn. It is not known when Żabno received its town charter. This must have happened before the year 1385, as on January 26 of that year, Queen Jadwiga of Poland, upon request of Spytek of Melsztyn, confirmed Żabno’s Magdeburg rights. Little is known about town's early history, as few documents have been preserved. One of the few established facts is that in 1394, King Władysław Jagiełło visited the town with his court, on the way to Nowy Korczyn. In the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the town belonged to the Sandomierz Voivodeship, and was part of the County of Wiślica.

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