Wadowitse (PL)

Wadowice [vadɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town (19,056 end 2016) in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków, situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). Wadowice is known for being the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, later Pope John Paul II. Historically, in the Austrian Galicia crownland since 1772.

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Postmark in Poland

Postal code 34-100

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Postmarks in Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)

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Postmarks in Austrian Empire Galicia province

The post office - named WADOWICE - opened before 1850, District of Wadowice.

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Type RL-R on a 1859 issue.