Rożnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Rożnów [ˈrɔʐnuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gródek nad Dunajcem, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Nowy Sącz and 64 km (40 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

For other places with the same name, see Rożnów.
Rożnów
Village
Church
Church
Rożnów is located in Poland
Rożnów
Rożnów
Coordinates: 49°46′32″N 20°42′6″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyNowy Sącz County
GminaGródek nad Dunajcem
Population
1,700

Rożnów Dam
Rożnów Dam

Rożnów is the location of a dam on the Dunajec and a power station built in 1935–1941. The dam was constructed originally to prevent flooding after the disastrous 1934 flood in Poland which took the lives of 55 people and caused damages estimated at 60 million interbellum zlotys; the biggest flood in the Second Polish Republic.[2][3]

The construction of the Rożnów Dam resulted in the creation of the Lake Rożnów which took two years to fill along the 80 kilometre stretch of the Dunajec river. The depth of the reservoir reaches 30 metres.

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. BARBARA FAL, POWODZ TYSIACLECIA?, Wiedza i Zycie magazine, 10/1997
  3. Dunajec Flood, 17 July 1934, by Bartlomiej Kozlowski Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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