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]
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| Coordinates: 49°46′32″N 20°42′6″E / 49.77556°N 20.70167°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Nowy Sącz |
| Gmina | Gródek nad Dunajcem |
| Population | 1,700 |
Rożnów Dam
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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 (50 mi) stretch of the Dunajec river. The depth of the reservoir reaches 30 metres (98 ft).[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ BARBARA FAL, POWODZ TYSIACLECIA?, Wiedza i Zycie magazine, 10/1997
- ^ Dunajec Flood, 17 July 1934, by Bartlomiej Kozlowski Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine