Limanowa is a small town (population 16,000) in southern Poland, in the Lesser Poland Voivodship.

Limanowa is an administrative, economic, and cultural center. The town is well-prepared to receive tourists. In a local school, American students meet every year during the summer holidays.

Geting to Limanowa is easy as it has connections with the main southern cities of Poland.

History

Limanowa became a town when in 1565 Polish king gave it urban rights. The rights were renewed in 1924.

In World War I, Limanowa was located at the Eastern Front. At the start of the war, it the site of the Battle of Limanowa between December 1st and December 9th, 1914 in which the Austro-Hungarian Army repelled a Russian breakthrough southwestwards between Limanowa and Krakow.

During the Second World War there was a ghetto in Limanowa in which the Nazis murdered 50% of Jewish population of Limanowa. There was also a rafinery taken over by the Nazis and being one of the main sources of oil for the Nazi army in this part of Poland.

External link

• http://www.powiat.limanowa.pl