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Targanice is a village placed in the Andrychów Commune in the Wadowicki
Poviat in the valley of Beskid Mały. The village is 11 km away from
Wadowice (the place of the Pope’s birth), 30 km from Oświęcim and 50 km
from Kraków (Cracow). Most of the village’s area is placed within the
borders of the Landscape Park with the biggest forest complex in
Beskidy. The history of Targanice begins at the turn of the 13th and
14th centuries in the period of a big migration from the area of the
Mediterranean to the north of Europe. The groups of shepherds from
Italia and Transylvania came to the area of Beskid Mały. These
shepherds used meadows in the mountains to graze their sheep and pigs
and built their villages in valleys. In this way there was founded
among others the village of Targanice. Around the 16th century some
part of shepherds started to deal with farming and increased the area
of fields and settlements in the valley of the Targaniczanka river. In
the 17th and 18th centuries the production of linen was intensified and
weaving was developed. The linen produced in this area was known in
central and southern Europe. A brickyard and a quarry functioned in
Targanice at the end of 19th century. In the quarry there were produced
tombstones and a few blacksmiths produced different steel products. At
present, Targanice is located on the slopes of three mountains:
Jawornica, Kocierz and Złota Górka and occupies the area along the
banks of the Targaniczanka river. There live 3600 people in Targanice.
In our village there is a church, the Complex of Self-government
Schools, the Community Centre, a football ground, a quarry and some
small companies producing different products. In the village there is
the “Halniak” Sports Club, the Voluntary Fire Brigade, the Association
of Village Housewives, the Parish Choir and the Youth Oasis (Christian
Youth Organisation).
John Paul II Primary School in Targanice
The players of the team participating in the games of “Toreno
Internazionale Valle D’Aosta” are students of John Paul II Primary
School. This educational institution constitutes a part of the Complex
of Self-government Schools in Targanice which involves apart from the
mentioned school a kindergarten and a high school. The school in
Targanice was founded in 1884. Its oldest teaching structure was built
in 1897.
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