Kozienice

Kozienice
Palace in Kozienice
Palace in Kozienice
Flag of Kozienice
Coat of arms of Kozienice
Kozienice is located in Poland
Kozienice
Kozienice
Coordinates: 51°35′N 21°34′E / 51.583°N 21.567°E / 51.583; 21.567
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyKozienice
GminaKozienice
First mentioned1206
Town rights1549
Government
 • MayorPiotr Kozłowski
Area
 • City10.45 km2 (4.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • City17,075
 • Density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
 • Metro
30,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
26-900
Area code+48 48
Car platesWKZ
Websitehttp://www.kozienice.pl/

Kozienice (Polish pronunciation: [kɔʑɛˈɲit͡sɛ] ; Yiddish: קאזשניץ Kozhnits; German: Koschnitz)[1] is a town in eastern Poland with 21,500 inhabitants (1995). Located four miles from the Vistula, it is the capital of Kozienice County.

Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser Poland, it is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Radom Voivodeship (1975–1998) and in Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939, 1945–1975). North-west of Kozienice, in Świerże Górne, Poland's second largest coal-fired thermal Kozienice Power Station is located. Kozienice gives its name to the protected area called Kozienice Landscape Park.

  1. ^ Virtual Shtetl: Kozienice