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# Wieliczka

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Groß Salze** — Historical German name documented on German wartime maps; useful when reading English histories that cite those maps.
- **Gross Salze** — Plain-letter rendering of the historical German name Groß Salze.

## French name

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

Other forms in use:

- **Groß Salze** — German historical designation quoted in historical map documentation; a specialist reference form, not a current French exonym.
- **Gross Salze** — Plain-letter rendering of the German historical name, for French bibliographical searching.

## About

Wieliczka is a town south-east of Kraków in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Its historic salt mine, with underground chambers and chapels, is part of a UNESCO World Heritage property.

## Notes

The World Heritage property also includes the mine at Bochnia and the Wieliczka Saltworks Castle. Input label 'Величка' is Ukrainian or an indirect spelling; local\_name is restored to the native-language form. Historical form documented in Wadoviana 15: https://wadoviana.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WADOVIANA\_15\_2012\_calosc.pdf .

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q472621](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472621) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/wieliczka/?format=json)


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