Nałęczów

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Nałęczów

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Nałęczów is located in Poland
Nałęczów
Coordinates: 51°17′N 22°13′E / 51.283°N 22.217°E / 51.283; 22.217
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Puławy
Gmina Nałęczów
Founded 8th or 9th century
Incorporated 1963
Government
 • Mayor Andrzej Ćwiek
Area
 • Total 13.82 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation 212 m (696 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 4,243
 • Density 307/km2 (795.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 24-140, 24-150
Car plates LPU
Website http://www.naleczow.pl

Nałęczów [naˈwɛnt​͡ʂuf] is a spa town (population 4,800) situated on the Nałęczów Plateau in Poland's Lublin Province. In the 18th century, the discovery there of healing waters initiated the development of a health resort; the main treatments are for circulatory disorders.

Notable landmarks include the 18th-century baroque-classicist Małachowski Palace (1771–73, since remodeled) and a park and resort complex dating from the 18th-19th centuries.

Nałęczów was the favorite vacationing place of novelist Bolesław Prus for three decades from 1882 till his death in 1912. It features museums devoted to Prus and to novelist Stefan Żeromski, a fellow frequent visitor whose literary career Prus generously furthered.

Sister cities are: Berlin-Steglitz (GER), Nyircsad (HUN), Trencianske Teplice (SVK), Longueau (FRA) and Siergieyevka (UKR).

Landmarks of Nałeczów

Bolesław Prus sculpture, outside the Museum dedicated to the author in the Małachowski Palace.

Coordinates: 51°17′10″N 22°13′00″E / 51.28611°N 22.2166667°E / 51.28611; 22.2166667


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