Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

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Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Monastery in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Image:POL Kalwaria Zebrzydowska COA.svg
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°52′N 19°41′E / 49.867, 19.683
Country Poland
Voivodeship Lesser Poland
Powiat Wadowice County
Gmina Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Established 17th century
City Rights 1617
Government
 - Mayor Augustyn Ormanty
Area
 - Total 5.5 km² (2.1 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 - Total 4,524
 - Density 822.5/km² (2,130.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 34-130
Area code(s) +48 33
Car Plates KWA
Website: www.kalwaria-zebrzydowska.pl

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a town in southern Poland with 4,400 inhabitants (as of 1998). It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).

Since 1772, and until 1918, it was part of the Austrian Empire.

The town is named after the religious complex (calvary) founded by Crown Marshal Mikołaj Zebrzydowski. The complex, known as the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska park (Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park), a Mannerist architectural and park landscape complex and pilgrimage park in the 17th century, which was added in 1999 to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

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