Podwilk

Podwilk
Village
Saint Martin Church (from 1767)
Podwilk
Coordinates: 49°33′N 19°44′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Targ
Gmina	Jabłonka
Elevation	640 m (2,100 ft)
Population	2,200
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	KNT
National roads

Podwilk [ˈpɔdvilk] (Slovak: Podvlk) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonka, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Jabłonka, 23 km (14 mi) north-west of Nowy Targ, and 59 km (37 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.

The village lies in the drainage basin of the Black Sea (through Orava, Váh and Danube rivers), in the historical region of Orava (Polish: Orawa).

History

The area became part of Poland in the 10th or early 11th century, and later it passed to Hungary. It became again part of Poland following World War I.

External links

• Jewish Community in Podwilk on Virtual Shtetl