Ponice Explained

Ponice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Targ
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Rabka-Zdrój
Coordinates:49.5678°N 19.985°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Ponice is a village on the Poniczanka River, in Nowy Targ County, by the northwestern slopes of the Gorcy mountains in Poland. It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-east of Rabka-Zdrój, 150NaN0 north of Nowy Targ, and 520NaN0 south of the regional capital Kraków.

To the west it borders on Rdzawka and Rabka, to the east on Slonne, and to the south on Obidowa. The southeastern part is covered with woods, and along the northeastern border stretches the mountain range Turbacz (940 meters). It is in these woods, from the slope of Obidowa (1,027 metres), that the stream Poniczanka originates. The village's buildings lie in the valley of this stream; the higher part of the village is called Krupowe Działo.

In 1870 there were 125 houses and 894 inhabitants; in 1880 there were 136 houses and 843 inhabitants, of whom 842 were Roman Catholics and one was Jewish. As of 1870, the area of the major estate [i. e., property registered under the ownership of nobles] numbered 3 morgs of farmland, 8 of pastures, and 888 of forests; the minor estate [property owned by peasants] had 1,185 Austrian morgs of farmland, 49 of meadows and gardens, 161 of pastures, and 144 of forests. [It is served by] the Roman Catholic parish church in Rabka, and there is a private chapel in the village; the county court and tax office is in Nowy Targ, and the post and telegraph office is in Rabka (5 km. away). The owner of the registered estate is Julian Zubrzycki. [Br{onislaw} G{ustawicz}, Vol. 8, page 767. ==References== * ''Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego'' (15-volume gazetteer, late 19th century). {{Gmina Rabka-Zdrój}} [[Category:Villages in Nowy Targ County]]