Jordanów

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title: "Jordanów" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-lesser-poland-voivodeship", "sucha-county", "populated-places-established-in-1564", "1564-establishments-in-europe", "holocaust-locations-in-poland", "16th-century-establishments-in-poland"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanów" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Jordanów
image_skyline	File:Jordanów z lotu ptaka.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	A bird's eye view of the city
image_shield	POL Jordanów COA.svg
pushpin_map	Poland
pushpin_label_position	bottom
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Voivodeship
subdivision_name1	Lesser Poland
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Sucha
subdivision_type3	Gmina
subdivision_name3	Jordanów (urban gmina)
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Andrzej Malczewski
established_title	Established
established_date	1564
established_title3	Town rights
established_date3	1564
area_total_km2	21.03
population_as_of	2010
population_total	5234
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	34–240
area_code	+48 18
blank_name	Car plates
blank_info	KSU
blank1_name	Climate
blank1_info	Dfb
website	http://www.jordanow.pl/
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History

Jordanów was founded in 1564 by Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan on the salt road from Kraków and Wieliczka to Orava and Hungary. In 1581 it got a right to organize annual fairs, which in 17th century became famous in south regions of the Crown. Main goods traded there were linen, cattle and salt. Since 1999, Jordanów has been situated in Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It was previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.

Jordanów is the oldest town on the territory of Sucha Beskidzka County. Its history dates back to a royal privilege, issued in 1564 by King Zygmunt August, upon which Spytek Jordan of Zakliczyn was allowed to found a new town. Jordan himself was a rich and influential nobleman, a starosta of Kraków and Crown podskarbi. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Kosciol_trojcy_swietej_jordanow2.jpg" caption="Parish church in Jordanów"] ::

The town of Jordanów was located on the grounds of the village of Malejowa, with Magdeburg rights charter. Spytek Jordan, who was regarded as an enlightened man, planned the town square with a town hall (1571), hoping that Jordanów would emerge as an important trade and craft center. After Spytko's death, Jordanów belonged to his wife Anna Sieniawska, and then to several noble families. In 1576, Stefan Batory confirmed Jordanów's charter, allowing for two fairs a year. Jordanów prospered, with inns, restaurants, artisans, and warehouses of salt and Hungarian wine, a very popular commodity in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Following the first partition of Poland (1772) Jordanów was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, and remained in Austrian Galicia until 1918. During Austrian rule the town declined, with the situation slowly improving after 1884, when a railroad line with a station was completed. In the Second Polish Republic, Jordanów was a spa, nicknamed Green Town. The town, however, remained poor, with high unemployment and no industry.

In early September 1939, during the Invasion of Poland, Jordanów was burned by the Wehrmacht (see also Battle of Jordanów). Out of 400 houses, 270 were completely destroyed. The town was once again burned in January 1945, and for its sufferings, in 1984 was awarded the Order of the Cross of Grunwald.

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