Żabno

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Town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

title: "Żabno" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-lesser-poland-voivodeship", "populated-riverside-places-in-poland", "tarnów-county", "historic-jewish-communities-in-poland", "holocaust-locations-in-poland"] description: "Town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Żabno" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Żabno
image_skyline	Ratusz i kościół w Żabnie.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Town Hall in Żabno
image_flag	POL gmina Żabno flag.svg
image_shield	POL Żabno 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	Tarnów
subdivision_type3	Gmina
subdivision_name3	Żabno
leader_party	Independent
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Jakub Rzeszutek
established_title	Established
established_date	12th century
established_title3	Town rights
established_date3	1385-1905, 1934
area_total_km2	11.12
population_as_of	2006
population_total	4271
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates
elevation_m	183
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	33-240
area_code	+48 14
blank_name	Car plates
blank_info	KTA
website	http://www.zabno.pl
::

History

First recorded mentioning of Żabno dates back to the 12th century, when Prince Bolesław V the Chaste granted the settlement to a knight known as Świętosław. It became a center of communication and trade, due to a convenient location along a merchant route from Wojnicz and Pilzno, to Opatowiec and Nowy Korczyn. It is not known when Żabno received its town charter. This must have happened before the year 1385, as on January 26 of that year, Queen Jadwiga of Poland, upon request of Spytek of Melsztyn, confirmed Żabno's Magdeburg rights. Little is known about town's early history, as few documents have been preserved. One of the few established facts is that in 1394, King Władysław Jagiełło visited the town with his court, on the way to Nowy Korczyn. In the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the town was administratively located in the Wiślica County, in Sandomierz Voivodeship, in the Lesser Poland Province. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Żabno_kościół.jpg" caption="Church of the Holy Spirit"] ::

By the 15th century there were two churches at Żabno, the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Church of the Holy Cross. At the same time, first artisans opened their workshops here. Every week markets took place at Żabno, with the first one organized in the year 1487, after the town had received a royal privilege. The tradition of the markets still remains. The town was destroyed numerous times, in 1501 it was burned by the Tatars, and in 1656, it was completely destroyed in the Swedish invasion of Poland, when Transilvanian-Cossack army of George II Rakoczi, which was allied with the Swedish Empire, burned it to the ground. In 1772, after the first partition of Poland, Żabno became part of the Habsburg (Austrian) crown land of Galicia and Lodomeria, where it remained until late 1918. In 1799, a great fire burned almost all of the town. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/PL-Żabno,_rynek_2013-05-31--14-41-06-001.jpg" caption="Market square"] ::

In the 19th century Żabno remained a small town, which in 1906 received a rail connection with Tarnów, due to a secondary-importance line from Tarnów to Szczucin. First local industrial facility was a brick making factory which opened in 1905. In the early 20th century the town began a slow process of development, which was stopped by World War I, when the frontline for several months remained along the Dunajec river, which brought widespread destruction. In the Second Polish Republic, Żabno belonged to Kraków Voivodeship. The town suffered greatly in the 1934 flood in Poland.

During World War II it was occupied by Germany and around 2,000 people were sent to a work in labor camps in Germany. 30 people were sent to a concentration camp during the war out of which only 4 returned. Żabno's Jewish community perished in the Holocaust.

From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in the Tarnów Voivodeship.

Modern Żabno

The latest Census on December 31, 2006, gave the population as 4262 inhabitants. Currently Żabno is a town with a small-scale industrial capacity. Local industry mainly consists of metalworks and window manufacturing. The Tarnów-Szczucin railway runs through the town. There also is a provincial road nr. 973 to Tarnów. Żabno is home to a sports club Polan.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Żabno is twinned with:

Bad Berka, Germany

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