Nowy Targ

Nowy Targ is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants (1995). It is the capital of the mountain (Podhale) region, and its name means 'new market'. It is, like many Eastern European towns, reputed to have been one place where Lenin was in jail. It is famous in Poland for the ice-hockey team, Podhale, a traditionally successful club.

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Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Nowy Sacz Voivodship (1975-1998).

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Podhale: The Podhale (literally "Mountain meadows") is Poland's most southern region, sometimes referred to as the "Polish highlands". The Podhale is located in the foothills of the Tatra range of the Carpathian mountains, and is characterized by a rich tradition of folklore that is much romanticized in the...

Lesser Poland Voivodship: The Lesser Poland Voivodship or Little Poland Voivodship (in Polish wojew?dztwo ma?opolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the south of Poland that contains core areas of the historical and geographical region of Lesser Poland (Malopolska)....

Nowy Sacz Voivodship: Nowy Sacz Voivodship (Polish: wojew?dztwo nowos?deckie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Lesser Poland Voivodship. Its capital city was Nowy S?cz....