Zakopane

Zakopane

Poland
 city, Małopolskie województwo (province), south-central Poland. The city is situated in the Carpathian Mountains near the Slovakian border. Its location at the foot of the Alpine-like Tatra Mountains makes it a major winter-sports and health-resort centre. Situated on good rail and highway routes, Zakopane also serves as the cultural centre for the area. The Chałubiński Memorial Tatra Museum, containing ethnographic and geologic displays, was opened in 1888. Zakopane is also the location of the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Polish Arts, and it has several notable monuments and a public garden.

      Settlement rights were granted in 1578, but Zakopane did not become Polish in character until 1889, when Polish patriot Władysław Zamoyski purchased the area at public auction from a Berlin businessman. In 1924 he donated this property to form the basis of Tatra National Park. The city's growth began in 1889 with the extension of a rail line to Zakopane; it was stimulated by the creation of the park and the influx of visitors attracted by the area's winter-sports and mountaineering opportunities. Pop. (2002) 28,203; (2006 est.) 27,486.

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