Zakliczyn

Zakliczyn is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,558 inhabitants (2006). Zakliczyn, which lies on the right bank of the Dunajec river, had town rights from 1557 to 1934, and regained them on January 1, 2006. It lies in the valley of the Dunajec, surrounded by wooded hills of 300 to 500 meters above sea level. Zakliczyn has a town hall, located in a spacious market square, one of the largest in the province (100 meters by 170 meters). The town was originally called Opatkowice; its name was changed in 1558, in honor of the village of Zakliczyn, Myślenice County, which was ancient seat of the Jordan family, Trąby coat of arms.