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Tarnów was one of the first Polish cities to be freed during the rebirth of Poland following World War I. The Polish Legions liberated the city on the night of 30–31 October 1918. In the Second Polish Republic , Tarnów belonged to Kraków Voivodeship , and gave the newly established country many outstanding figures, such as Franciszek Latinik and Wincenty Witos .
Tarnów History in Brief. First mentioned in a document dated 1124, Tarnów was granted city rights by King Władysław Łokietek in 1330 – an event celebrated by a fine monument of the King on ul. Wałowa before the stairs leading up to Plac Katedralny.
Completely destroyed by fire in the 15th century, it was rebuilt and became a cultural centre in the 16th century. It passed to Austria in 1772 and returned to Poland after World War II, in which all its industrial plants were destroyed. The Renaissance town hall and a 15th-century castle house museums. Pop. (2011) 114,053.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1870, Tarnow had 21,779 inhabitants and was the third largest city in Galicia, after Lvov and Krakow. When WWI broke out in August 1914, Tarnovians willingly joined the Polish Legions and at the end of October 1918, Tarnow was the first city in Poland to gain its independence.
History. The origins of the town hall may be related with the year 1330, when Spycimir Leliwita founded the town of Taranów, followed by its rapid settlement and development. The foundation act freed the residents of the town from direct submission to state officials, granting Tarnów citizens a wide self-government and judicial immunity.
For instance: out of the 728 men brought to Auschwitz in the first transport from Tarnów on 14 June 1940, more than 70 were released - until the spring of 1942. 331 persons were released from the Warsaw transports that arrived in 1940 (more than 3,600 deportees), whereas, only 57 (of the over 3,200 deportees) were released from the transports ...
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Tarnów is a city, located in Eastern Lesser Poland. Its hundreds years of tradition as a private city, then as county city resulted in today’s access to goods other medium cities have and provide. The antique buildings at the Main Square along with Renaissance City Hall bear signs of the Middle Ages.
