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# Bochnia

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Bochnia** — Polish Latin-script name used in English; the native spelling is retained rather than retransliterating the Ukrainian input label.

Other forms in use:

- **Salzberg** — Historical German name, including Habsburg-era cadastral maps and German occupation documents; not confined to the Nazi period.
- **Bokhnya** — Yiddish-derived spelling used in English Jewish local-history and cemetery references.

## French name

**Bochnia** — Same spelling as in English; French references retain the local Latin-script name, without a fixed article.

Other forms in use:

- **Salzberg** — German historical name relevant to French reading of Galician and wartime documents; not the current French name.

## About

Bochnia is a town east of Kraków in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its historic salt mine forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage property shared with Wieliczka.

## Notes

The World Heritage property combines the two salt mines with the saltworks castle at Wieliczka. Input label 'Бохня' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local\_name is restored to the native-language form. Historical German name checked against the 1847 cadastral map: https://maproom.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/bochnia-salzberg-1847/ .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q815903](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815903) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/bochnia/?format=json)


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