Districts of Krakow

Most interesting are four areas of contemporary Krakow with strong identities that used to form separate cities: Old Town, Kazimierz, Podgorze, and Nowa Huta. Medieval Krakow, the historic capital of Poland, consists in the Old Town – Stare Miasto in Polish – within the limits of the Planty ring of gardens, even if contemporary municipal district of the same name is larger. The town of Kazimierz, famous for its Jewish quarter, had been established in 1335 and was merged with Krakow in 1800. Podgorze was founded in 1784 on the opposite bank of Wisla (Vistula) river and has been incorporated into Krakow in 1915. Lastly, in 1949 Nowa Huta was launched as a communist model city to become the easternmost part of Krakow in 1951.

Districts of the municipality of Krakow boast local governments with few responsibilities that rarely go beyond advisory role in decision-making process on the part of the City Council and mayor. Krakow’s present-day 18 boroughs are as follows:

1st District – Dzielnica I Stare Miasto (Old Town). Area 580 hectares, population 43,600. Borders with districts 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, and 13th.

2nd District – Dzielnica II Grzegorzki. Area 583 hectares, population 33,000. Borders with districts 1st, 3rd, 12th, and 14th.

3rd District – Dzielnica III Pradnik Czerwony. Area 650 hectares, population 47,500. Borders with districts 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 15th.

4th District – Dzielnica IV Pradnik Bialy. Area 2,288 hectares, population 65,500. Borders with districts 3rd, 5th, and 6th.

5th District – Dzielnica V Krowodrza. Area 535 hectares, population 36,000. Borders with districts 1st, 4th, 7th, and 6th.

6th District – Dzielnica VI Bronowice. Area 1,354 hectares, population 22,400. Borders with districts 4th, 5th, and 7th.

7th District – Dzielnica VII Zwierzyniec. Area 2,843 hectares, population 20,200. Borders with districts 1st, 5th, 6th, and 8th.

8th District – Dzielnica VIII Debniki. Area 4,216 hectares, population 51,600. Borders with districts 1st, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 13th.

9th District – Dzielnica IX Lagiewniki-Borek Falecki. Area 532 hectares, population 14,350. Borders with districts 8th, 10th, 11th, and 13th.

10th District – Dzielnica X Swoszowice. Area 2,289 hectares, population 18,600. Borders with districts 8th, 9th, 11th, and 12th.

11th District – Dzielnica XI Podgorze Duchackie. Area 894 hectares, population 52,350. Borders with districts 9th, 10th, 12th, and 13th.

12th District – Dzielnica XII Biezanow-Prokocim. Area 1,641 hectares, population 63,650. Borders with districts 10th, 11th, and 13th.

13th District – Dzielnica XIII Podgorze. Area 2,456 hectares, population 32,200. Borders with districts 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 14th, and 18th.

14th District – Dzielnica XIV Czyzyny. Area 1,079 hectares, population 25,500. Borders with districts 2nd, 3rd, 13th, 15th, 16th, and 18th.

15th District – Dzielnica XV Mistrzejowice. Area 553 hectares, population 54,500. Borders with districts 3rd, 14th, 16th, 17th, and 18th.

16th District – Dzielnica XVI Bienczyce. Area 376 hectares, population 45,100. Borders with districts 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th.

17th District – Dzielnica XVII Wzgorza Krzeslawickie. Area 2,584 hectares, population 20,300. Borders with districts 15th, 16th, and 18th.