Ojców

Ojców
Chapel "On Water" in Ojców, 1901
Ojców
Coordinates: 50°12′24″N 19°49′45″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Kraków
Gmina	Skała
Area
• Total	9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	220
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32-047
Area code	+48 12
Car plates	KRA
Website	www.ojcow.pl

Ojców [ˈɔi̯t͡suf] is a village in Gmina Skała, in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is one of the sights of the Eagle Nests Trail (Szlak Orlich Gniazd), as there are the ruins of a gothic castle near the village. The village is where the authorities of the Ojców National Park (the smallest of Poland's 23 national parks) have their headquarters. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Skała and 18 km (11 mi) north-west of the regional capital Kraków.

Prądnik river valley outside Ojców village, part of the Ojców National Park and castle located nearby

References

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