Campi Shaft
It was sunk between 1556-1568 by the geometer Jan Faigl (Fajgl). Thanks to this shaft it was possible to reach the more prosperous western part of the Bochnia salt deposits. In 1792 the shaft reached...
Salinary Park
The Salinary Garden also known as Salinary Park. Due to the fact that it was situated near the Saltworks Castle before 1829 it was previously described as the castle square. It was the work of...
Salt Mine Administrative Building
Originally in this place was a baroque building intended for offices and blacksmith’s workshops. It was built in the 1720s. In the 1830s the east wing, still to be seen on the 1792 map of...
Salinary Pond
Information on the dykes and ponds for fish situated behind the saltworks comes from 1554. Even on the XVIII century plans several ponds can be seen. These were formed by damming the Storynka stream which...
Władysław Shaft
The name comes from that of King Wladyslaw IV from the times when attempts to sink it were made. It was sunk in the years 1636-1638, but due to its unfortunate location it joined the...
Salinary Stable
It was built in 1783 to the design of Karol Kriszker on the site of an earlier wooden stable, which was replaced by the saltworks commission in 1581. Originally it was a late Baroque one-storey stable...
Saltworks Castle
It was first mentioned in1368 and was probably already there at the end of the XIII century. It was used as the administrative center of the mine - the seat of salt traders, then administrators of...
Salinary Orchestra Wooden Summer House
It was built in 1934 to the design of Stanisław Albiński to replace the previous one. The Mine Orchestra, formed in 1880 by Antoni Langer, for decades entertained Bochnia^s residents with concerts played in the...
Backstreet of St. Nicholas
On the wall of the building there is a bas-relief depicting a saint, the Bishop of Myra, the patron saint of, among others, miners, who lived at the turn of the III and IV centuries in Asia...
Regis Shaft
It was built in the time of King Casimir the Great and perhaps even during the reign of King Ladislaus the Short (the first mention is in 1397). By the end of the XVI century...
Krakow Shaft
The first reference to the shaft was in 1368. It was situated near the Regis Shaft. In 1397 it was associated with the shafts Finder, Regis and Sutoris. The last mention of it is in...
800 ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL
The memorial designed by prof. Czesław Dźwigaj in 1998 commemorates the first mention of the pre-foundation settlement named Bochnia. It comes from the document of Monachus, the patriarch of Jerusalem, who in 1198 confirmed that...
Herman Shaft
Also known as Hermolaus (1st half of XIV century). Built during the reign of Ladislaus the Short, it was located "near the Shoemaker’s shaft " in the south-west direction. By 1605 only a sink-hole remained as...
Sutoris Shaft
Also known as Shoemaker^s Shaft or Shoemaker^s Mountain Shaft; first mentioned in 1397. It is considered to be one of the first mine shafts in Poland and was sunk in the middle of the XIII...
Kożuszka Shaft
The first mention is in 1341. It is the earliest Bochnia shaft to be mentioned in the records and was probably sunk in the days of King Ladislaus the Short. Situated between the Sutoris Shaft...
Gazaris Shaft
Also called Tower Shaft or Tower Mountain Shaft. It is considered to be one of the two oldest Bochnia mine shafts and was sunk in the middle of the XIII century. Its name comes from...
Floris Shaft
Also called Florentine Shaft or Florence Shaft. It was built by a salt dealer called Anthony of Florence who, in 1428, was granted permission from King Wladyslaw Jagiello to sink it during the visit of the...
Great Shaft
The first reference to the shaft is in 1581, though it was sunk much earlier. It was located in the north-east corner of the market place. At the end of the XVI century it was...
Casimir the Great King Monument
The monument is the work of sculptor Walery Gadomski, well-known for his artistic works. During the ceremony of its unveiling on 29 May 1871 the great artist Jan Matejko, who had initiated the monument, was...
Wojewodzia Góra Shaft
The first reference to the shaft is in 1370. It was probably built by the governor of Krakow, Spicimir of Melsztyn, between 1320 and 1331. It was located "at the back of the market place...
Market Shaft
The first reference to the shaft is in 1420. It was situated in the north-east corner of the market place. It was named after the place where salt was traded. It was completely filled in...
Finder Shaft
Also known as Finderis or Findera (the first mention is in 1396). It was named after an unidentified investor operating as far back as 1366. It was located in the area of the southern wall...
Bochneris Shaft
The first reference of the shaft is in 1399. Also called Treadmill or Seraph, the name comes from Mikołaj Bochner a salt trader who, in 1399, received in Nowy Korczyn the permit to excavate salt from...
Upper Market Place
It is believed to have been the centre of an early settlement pre-dating the founding of Bochnia. It continued to be used after the foundation of Bochnia (1253) until a new market place was created in...
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