Name	Kraków, Poland
Other name	Cracow
Image shield	POL Kraków COA.svg
Pushpin map	Poland
Pushpin label position	bottom
Coordinates region	PL
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	Voivodeship
Subdivision name1	Lesser Poland
Subdivision type2	County
Subdivision name2	Kraków County
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Jacek Majchrowski
Established title	City rights
Established date	5 June 1257
Area total km2	327
Population as of	2010
Population total	756267
Population metro	1393893
Population density km2	auto
Population demonym	Cracovian
Timezone	CET
Utc offset	+1
Timezone dst	CEST
Utc offset dst	+2
Elevation m	219
Postal code type	Postal code
Postal code	30-024 to 31–962
Area code	+48 12
Website	www.krakow.pl }}

Kraków () ''also'' Cracow, ''or'' Krakow (), is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River () in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1596; the Grand Duchy of Kraków from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1999. It is now the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of Slavonic Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic centre. The city has a population of approximately 760,000 whereas about 8 million people live within a 100 km radius of its main square.

After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany at the start of World War II, Kraków was turned into the capital of Germany's General Government. The Jewish population of the city was moved into a walled zone known as the Kraków Ghetto, from which they were sent to extermination camps such as Auschwitz and the concentration camp at Płaszów.

In 1978, Karol Wojtyła, archbishop of Kraków, was elevated to the papacy as Pope John Paul II – the first Slavic pope ever, and the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. Also that year, UNESCO approved the first ever sites for its new World Heritage List, including the entire Old Town in inscribing ''Cracow's Historic Centre''.

Etymology

The name of Kraków is traditionally derived from Krakus (Krak, Grakch), the legendary founder of Kraków and a ruler of the tribe of Lechitians (Poles). In Polish, is an archaic possessive form of ''Krak'' and essentially means "Krak's (town)". Krakus's name may derive from "krakula", a Proto-Slavic word In English, a person born or living in Kraków is a Cracovian ().

History

Early history

Kraków's prehistory begins with evidence of a Stone Age settlement on the present site of the Wawel Hill. A legend attributes Kraków's founding to the mythical ruler Krakus, who built it above a cave occupied by a dragon, Smok Wawelski. The first written record of the city's name dates back to 966, when Kraków was described as a notable commercial centre owned by a Bohemian duke Boleslaus I. The first crowned King of Poland Mieszko took Kraków from Bohemians and incorporated it into the holdings of the Piast dynasty towards the end of his reign.

In 1038, Kraków became the seat of the Polish government. By the end of the 10th century, the city was a leading centre of trade. Brick buildings were constructed, including the Royal Wawel Castle with St. Felix and Adaukt Rotunda, Romanesque churches such as St. Adalbert's, a cathedral, and a basilica. The city was almost entirely destroyed during the Mongol invasion of 1241. It was rebuilt in a form practically unaltered, and incorporated in 1257 by the king, with city rights based on the Magdeburg law allowing for tax benefits and new trade privileges for its citizens. In 1259, the city was again ravaged by the Mongols. A third attack followed in 1287, repelled thanks in part to the new built fortifications.

The city rose to prominence in 1364, when Casimir III of Poland founded the University of Kraków, the second oldest university in central Europe after the Charles University in Prague. The city continued to grow under the joint Lithuanian-Polish Jagiellon dynasty. As the capital of the Kingdom of Poland and a member of the Hanseatic League, the city attracted many craftsmen, businesses, and guilds as science and the arts began to flourish.

The city in Poland's 'Golden Age'

The 15th and 16th centuries were known as Poland's ''Złoty Wiek'' or Golden Age. Many works of Polish Renaissance art and architecture were created then, including ancient synagogues in Kraków's Jewish quarter of Kazimierz, such as the Old Synagogue. During the reign of Casimir IV, various artists came to work and live in Kraków, and Johann Haller established a printing press in the city after Kasper Straube had printed the Calendarium Cracoviense, the first work printed in Poland, in 1473.

At the outbreak of World War I on 3 August 1914, Józef Piłsudski formed a small cadre military unit, the First Cadre Company — the predecessor of the Polish Legions — which set out from Kraków to fight for the liberation of Poland. The city was briefly besieged by Russian troops in November 1914, but they were pushed back afterwards. The Austrian rule in Kraków ended in 1918 when the Polish Liquidation Committee assumed power.

In 1553, the district's Qahal successfully petitioned the Kazimierz town-council for the right to build its own interior walls across the western section of the already existing defensive walls, for protection against riots. The walls were expanded again in 1608 due to the growth of the community and influx of Jews from Bohemia. Further requests to expand them were turned down. In 1791, Kazimierz lost its status as a separate city and became a district of Kraków. The richer Jewish families quickly moved out of the overcrowded streets of eastern Kazimierz. Because of the injunction against travel on the Sabbath, however, most Jewish families stayed relatively close to the historic synagogues, maintaining Kazimierz’s reputation as a ''Jewish district'' long after the concept ceased to have any administrative meaning. By the 1930s, Kraków had 120 officially registered synagogues and prayer houses that spanned across the old city. Much of Jewish intellectual life had moved to new centres like Podgórze. This in turn, led to the redevelopment and renovation of much of Kazimierz and the development of new districts in Kraków. Most historic buildings in central Kazimierz today are preserved in their original form. Some old buildings however, were not repaired after the devastation brought by the Second World War, and have remained empty. Most recent efforts at restoring the historic neighborhoods gained new impetus around 1993. Kazimierz is now a well-visited area, seeing a booming growth in Jewish-themed restaurants, bars, bookstores and souvenir shops.

As the city of Kraków began to expand further under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the new architectural styles also developed. Key buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries in Kraków include the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, the directorate of the Polish State Railways as well as the original complex of Kraków Główny railway station and the city's Academy of Economics. It was also at around that time that Kraków's first radial boulevards began to appear, with the city undergoing a large scale program aimed at transforming the ancient Polish capital into a sophisticated regional centre of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. New representative government buildings and multi-story tenement houses were built at around that time. Much of the urban-planning beyond the walls of the Old Town was done by Polish architects and engineers trained in Vienna. Some major projects of the era include the development of the Jagiellonian University's new premises and the building of the Collegium Novum just west of the Old Town. The imperial style planning of the city's further development continued until the return of Poland's independence, following First World War. Early modernist style in Kraków is represented by such masterpieces as the Palace of Art by Franciszek Mączyński and the 'House under the Globe'. Secession style architecture, which had arrived in Kraków from Vienna, became popular towards the end of the Partitions.

With Poland's regained independence came the major change in the fortunes of Kraków – now the second most important city of a sovereign nation. The state began to make new plans for the city development and commissioned a number of representative buildings. The predominant style for new projects was modernism with various interpretations of the art-deco style. Important buildings constructed in the style of ''Polish modernism'' include the Feniks 'LOT' building on Basztowa Street, the Feniks department store on the Main Square and the Municipal Savings Bank on Szczepański Square. The Józef Piłsudski house is also of note as a particularly good example of interwar architecture in the city.

After the Second World War, new government turned toward Soviet influence and the Stalinist monumentalism. The doctrine of Socialist realism in Poland, as in other countries of the People's Republics, was enforced from 1949 to 1956. It involved all domains of art, but its most spectacular achievements were made in the field of urban design. The main lines of this new trend were precisely indicated in a 1949 resolution of the National Council of Party Architects. Architecture was to become a weapon in establishing the new social order by the communists. It was intended to help form a socialist reality by influencing citizens' consciousness and their outlook on life. During this period, the crucial ideological role fell to the architect perceived as an "engineer of the human soul". The ideological impact of urban design was valued more than aesthetics. It aimed at expressing communist ideas and to arouse a feeling of persistence and power. This form of architecture was implemented in the new industrial district of Nowa Huta, full of huge apartment buildings constructed according to a Stalinist blueprint, with repetitious courtyards and wide, tree-lined avenues.

Since the style of the Renaissance was generally regarded as the most revered in old Polish architecture, it was also used for augmenting Poland's socialist national format. However, in the course of incorporating the principles of socialist realism, there were quite a few deviations introduced. One of these was to more closely reflect Soviet architecture, which resulted in the majority of works blending into one another; and finally the general acceptance of the neo-classicist form. From 1953, critical opinions in the Party were increasingly frequent, and the doctrine was given up in 1956 marking the end of Stalinism. Currently the soc-realist centre of Nowa Huta is considered to be a meritorious monument of the times. This period in postwar architecture was followed by the mass-construction of large Panel System apartment blocks, most of which were built outside of the city's historic centre and thus do not encroach upon the beauty of the old or new towns. Some monuments of the new style such as the recently listed Hotel Cracovia, were built during the later half of the 20th century in Kraków.

After the Revolutions of 1989 and the birth of the Third Republic, a number of new architectural trends came to Kraków. In the later half of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st, a number of major projects, including the construction of a number of large business parks and commercial facilities have been carried out, such as the Galeria Krakowska, and infrastructure investments like the Krakow Fast Tram, giving the city a great deal of quality modern designs which, in many cases, blends seamlessly with the city's centuries old architectural heritage. A good example of this would be the 2007-built ''Pawilon Wspiański 2000''. which is used as a multi-purpose information and exhibition space.

Parks and gardens

There are dozens of gardens, parks and forests in Kraków, several, like the Planty Park, Botanical Garden, Park Krakowski, Jordan Park, Błonia Park and Strzelecki Park], are located in the center of the city and the surrounding districts.

The Planty Park is the best-known park in Kraków. It was established between 1822 and 1830 in place of the old city walls, forming a green belt around the Old Town. It consists of a chain of smaller gardens designed in various styles and adorned with monuments. The park has an area of and a length of , forming a scenic walkway popular with Cracovians.

The Jordan Park, the first public park equipped with exercise fixtures, was founded in 1889 by Dr Henryk Jordan on the banks of the Rudawa river. The park equipped with running and exercise tracks, playgrounds, swimming pool, amphitheatre, pavilions, and a pond for boat rowing and water bicycles, is located on the grounds of Kraków’s Błonia Park. |- |Stare Miasto (I) ||align=center|41,121 || |- |Grzegórzki (II) ||align=center|30,441 || |- |Prądnik Czerwony (III) ||align=center|46,621 || |- |Prądnik Biały (IV) ||align=center|66,649 || |- |Łobzów (V) ||align=center|34,467 || |- |Bronowice (VI) ||align=center|22,467 || |- |Zwierzyniec (VII) ||align=center|20,243 || |- |Dębniki (VIII) ||align=center|56,258 || |- |Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki (IX) ||align=center|15,014 || |- |Swoszowice (X) ||align=center|20,641 || |- |Podgórze Duchackie (XI) ||align=center|52,522 || |- |Bieżanów-Prokocim (XII) ||align=center|63,270 || |- |Podgórze (XIII) ||align=center|32,050 || |- |Czyżyny (XIV) ||align=center|26,169 || |- |Mistrzejowice (XV) ||align=center|54,276 || |- |Bieńczyce (XVI) ||align=center|44,237 || |- |Wzgórza Krzesławickie (XVII) ||align=center|20,234 || |- |Nowa Huta (XVIII) ||align=center|58,320 || |- |Total ||align=center|705,000|| |} The current divisions were introduced by the Kraków City Hall on 19 April 1995. Districts were assigned Roman numerals as well as the current name: Stare Miasto (I), Grzegórzki (II), Prądnik Czerwony (III), Prądnik Biały (IV), Łobzów (V), Bronowice (VI), Zwierzyniec (VII), Dębniki (VIII), Łagiewniki-Borek Fałęcki (IX), Swoszowice (X), Podgórze Duchackie (XI), Bieżanów-Prokocim (XII), Podgórze (XIII), Czyżyny (XIV), Mistrzejowice (XV), Bieńczyce (XVI), Wzgórza Krzesławickie (XVII), and Nowa Huta (XVIII).

Economy

Kraków is one of Poland's most important economic centers, and the economic hub of the Lesser Poland (Małopolska) region. Following the collapse of communism, the private sector has been growing steadily. There are about 50 large multinational companies in the city, including Google, IBM, Motorola, Delphi, MAN SE, General Electric, Hitachi, Philip Morris, Capgemini, and Sabre Holdings, along with other British, German and Scandinavian-based firms. In 2005, Foreign direct investment in Kraków has reached approximately 3.5 billion USD. Kraków has been trying to position itself as Europe's Silicon Valley, based on the large number of local and foreign hi tech companies. The unemployment rate in Kraków was 4.8 percent in May 2007, well below the national average of 13 percent. Kraków is the second city in Poland (after Warsaw) most often visited by foreigners. According to the World Investment Report 2011 by the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Kraków is also the most emerging city location for investment in global BPO projects (Business Process Outsourcing) in the world.

In 2011, the city budget, which is presented by the Mayor of Kraków on 15 November each year, has a projected revenue of 3,5 billion złoty. The primary sources of revenue were as follows: 14% from the municipal taxation on real estate properties and the use of amenities, 30% in transfers from the national budget, and 34% in state subsidies. Projected expenditures, totaling 3,52 billion złoty, included 21% in city development costs and 79% in city maintenance costs. Of the maintenance costs, as much as 39% were spent on education and childcare. City of Kraków development costs included 41% toward road building, transport, and communication (combined), and 25% for the city's infrastructure and environment. The city has a high bond credit rating, and some 60% of its population is below the age of 45.

Knowledge and Innovation Community EIT

Krakow is one of the co-location centres of Knowledge and Innovation Community (Sustainable Energy) of The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). {|class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0 0.5em 0.5em 1em; font-size:85%;" |- style="background:#d0d8dd;" |style="text-align:center;"|Demographic indicators |style="text-align:center;"|Years |style="text-align:center;"|Kraków |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |- | | | |}

In the historical 1931 census preceding World War II, 78.1% of Cracovians declared Polish as their primary language, with Yiddish or Hebrew at 20.9%, Ukrainian 0.4%, German 0.3%, and Russian 0.1%. The ravages of history have greatly reduced the percentage of ethnic minorities living in Kraków. The official and unofficial numbers differ, as in the case of Romani people. Hence, according to the 2002 census, among those who have declared their national identity (irrespective of language and religion) in Kraków Voivodeship, 1,572 were Slovaks, followed by Ukrainians (472), Jews (50) and Armenians (22). Romani people, officially numbered at 1,678, are estimated at over 5,000. Statistics collected by the Ministry of Education reveal that, even though only 1% of adults (''as per above'') officially claim minority status, as many as 3% of students participate in programmes designed for ethnic minorities.

Education

Kraków is a major centre of education. More than ten university or academy-level institutions offer courses in the city, with 170,000 students. Jagiellonian University, the oldest and best known university in Poland and ranked by the Times Higher Education Supplement as the best university in the country, was founded in 1364 as the Cracow University and renamed in 1817 to commemorate the Jagiellonian dynasty of Polish-Lithuanian kings. Its principal academic asset is the Jagiellonian Library, with more than 4 million volumes, including a large collection of medieval manuscripts like Copernicus' ''De Revolutionibus'' and the Balthasar Behem Codex. With 42,325 students (2005) and 3,605 academic staff, the Jagiellonian University is also one of the leading research centres in Poland. Famous historical figures connected with the University include Saint John Cantius, Jan Długosz, Nicolaus Copernicus, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Jan Kochanowski, King John III Sobieski, Pope John Paul II and Nobel laureates Ivo Andrić and Wisława Szymborska. Stanisław Wyspiański Museum (at 11 Szczepanska St), Jan Matejko Manor in Krzesławice, – a museum devoted to the master painter and his life, Emeryk Hutten Czapski Museum, and Józef Mehoffer Manor.

Performing arts

The city has several famous theatres, including the Narodowy Stary Teatr (the National Old Theatre), one of the leading national opera companies, stages 200 performances each year including ballet, operettas and musicals. It has, in its main repertoire, the greatest world and Polish opera classics. The Opera moved into its first permanent House in the autumn of 2008. It is in charge also of the ''Summer Festival of Opera and Operetta''.

Cracow is home to two major Polish festivals of early music presenting forgotten Baroque oratorios and operas: ''Opera Rara'' and ''Misteria Paschalia''. Meanwhile, Capella Cracoviensis runs the ''Music in Old Cracow International Festival''.

Academy of Music in Kraków, founded in 1888, is known world-wide as the ''alma mater'' of the contemporary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and it is also the only one in Poland to have two winners of the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw among its alumni. The Academy organizes concerts of its students and guests throughout the whole year.

Music organizations and venues include: Kraków Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Cracovia (a.k.a. The Orchestra of the Royal City of Kraków), The Polish Radio Choir of Kraków, Organum Academic Choir, Mixed Marian Choir Association (''Mieszany Chór Mariański''), Krakow Academic Choir of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow Chamber Choir, Amar Corde String Quartet, Consortium Iagellonicum Baroque Orchestra of the Jagiellonian University, Brass Band of T. Sendzimir Steelworks, and Camerata Chamber Orchestra of Radio Kraków.

Sports

Football is one of the most popular sports in the city, and the teams with the largest following are thirteen-time Polish champions Wisła Kraków, and five-time champions Cracovia. Other football clubs include Hutnik Kraków, Wawel Kraków and one-time Polish champion Garbarnia Kraków. There is also the first-league rugby club Juvenia Kraków. Kraków has a number of additional, equally valued sports teams including eight-time Polish ice hockey champions Cracovia Kraków and the twenty-time women's basketball champions Wisła Kraków.

The Cracovia Marathon, with over a thousand participants from two dozen countries annually, has been held in the city since 2002. Poland's first F1 racing driver Robert Kubica was born and brought up in Krakow, as was Top 10 ranked women's tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska.

The construction of the new Krakow Arena has started in May 2011. For concerts, indoor athletics, hockey, basketball, futsal. The Arena will be ready in 2013 cost will be 363 million zł Will serve the viewers up to 15 thousand. In the case of concert, when the scene is set on the lower arena, hall can accommodate up to 18 thousand people.

Around the city

International relations

Contemporary foreign names for the city

Kraków is referred to by various names in different languages. The city is known in Czech and Slovak as ''Krakov'', in Hungarian as , in Lithuanian as , in German as , in Latin, Spanish and Italian as , in French as , in Portuguese as and in Russian as Краков. Ukrainian and Yiddish languages refer to it as (Краків) and respectively. Names of Kraków in different languages are also available.

Twin towns and sister cities

Kraków is twinned, or maintains close relations, with more than 30 cities around the world: {|class="wikitable" width="98%" |- valign="top" | Bordeaux, France ''(since 1993)'' Bratislava, Slovakia Budapest, Hungary ''(since 2005)'' Cambridge, Mass., USA ''(since 1989)'' Curitiba, Brazil ''(since 1993)'' Cusco, Peru Edinburgh, Scotland ''(since 1995)'' Fes, Morocco ''(since 2004)'' Florence, Italy ''(since 1992)'' Frankfurt, Germany ''(since 1991)'' Göteborg, Sweden ''(since 1990)'' || Grozny, Russia ''(since 1997)'' Innsbruck in Austria ''(since 1998)'' Kiev, Ukraine ''(since 1993)'' Lahore, Pakistan La Serena, Chile ''(since 1995)'' Leipzig, Germany ''(since 1995)'' Leuven, Belgium ''(since 1991)'' Lviv, Ukraine ''(since 1995)'' Milan, Italy ''(since 2003)'' Nuremberg, Germany ''(since 1991)'' Orléans, France ''(since 1992)'' || Pécs, Hungary ''(since 1998)'' Rochester, NY, USA ''(since 1973)'' Quito, Ecuador St Petersburg, Russia ''(since 2006)'' San Francisco, CA, USA '' (since 2009) Seville, Spain ''(since 2002)'' Solothurn, Switzerland ''(since 1990)'' Split, Croatia Tbilisi, Georgia Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria ''(since 1975)'' Vilnius, Lithuania Zagreb, Croatia ''(since 1975)'' |}

References

Bibliography

Notes

Further reading

Jane Hardy, Al Rainnie, ''Restructuring Krakow: Desperately Seeking Capitalism''. Published 1996 by Mansell Publishing, 285 pages. Business, economics, finance. ISBN 0720122317.

Edward Hartwig, ''Kraków'', with Jerzy Broszkiewicz (contributor). Published 1980, by Sport i Turystyka, 239 pages. ISBN 8321723217.

Bolesław T. Łaszewski, ''Kraków: karta z dziejów dwudziestolecia''. Published 1985, by Bicentennial Pub. Corp. (original from the University of Michigan), 132 pages. ISBN 0912757086

Joanna Markin, Bogumiła Gnypowa, ''Kraków: The Guide''. Published 1996 by Pascal Publishing, 342 pages. ISBN 8387037281.

Tim Pepper, Andrew Beattie, ''Krakow''. Published 2007 by Hunter Pub Inc., 160 pages. ISBN 1843063085. The book includes description of public art galleries and museums.

Scott Simpson, ''Krakow''. Published 2003 by Thomas Cook, 192 pages. Transport, geography, sightseeing, history, and culture. Includes weblinks CD. ISBN 1841571873.

Dorota Wąsik, Emma Roper-Evans, ''Krakow''. Published 2002 by Somerset. Cultural guidebook series, 160 pages. ISBN 9630059304.

Richard Watkins, ''Best of Kraków'', Published 2006, by Lonely Planet, 64 pages, complemented by fold-out maps. ISBN 1741048222.

External links

Kraków Travel

Oskar Schindler Factory Krakow

Kraków Tourism information about Krakow

Protect Kraków Heritage Campaign

krakowmiasto.pl

Jewish Community in Kraków on Virtual Shtetl

Map: Kraków Heritage Under Threat

Cracow / Krakow Jewish guide and genealogy in Poland

Cracow / Krakow Jewish guide and genealogy in Poland

Tourism in Krakow

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name	Marek Grechuta
background	solo_singer
birth date	December 10, 1945
birth place	Zamość, Poland
death date	October 09, 2006
death place	Kraków, Poland
instrument	Piano, Vocals
genre	Sung poetry, Progressive rock
occupation	Singer-songwriter, pianist
years active	1970–2006
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Marek Grechuta (December 10, 1945 Zamość, Poland - October 9, 2006 Kraków, Poland) was a Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and lyricist.

Biography

Born in Zamość, he studied architecture at Cracow University of Technology. Here he met the composer Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz, with whom he founded the student cabaret Anawa in 1967. In the same year he was awarded second place in the VI National Contest of Student Musicians (VI Ogólnopolski Konkurs Piosenkarzy Studenckich) and also received an award for ''Tango Anawa'', with lyrics by him and music by Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz. In 1968 he won several awards at the Festival of Polish Music in Opole. In 1969 he played a minor role in Andrzej Wajda's film ''Polowanie na muchy'' (''Hunting Flies''). In 1971 he left Anawa and founded the band WIEM (W Innej Epoce Muzycznej, In a Different Musical Epoch).

Grechuta scored a large number of popular hits, with his songs often characterized by use of poetic and literary elements. He co-authored, along with P. Birula and K. Szwajgier, the music for ''Exodus'' (written by L. A. Moczulski) at the STU Theatre in Kraków (1974), and co-wrote the musical adaptation of Stanisław Witkiewicz's ''Szalona lokomotywa'' (''The Crazy Locomotive'') with K. Jasiński and J. K. Pawluśkiewicz in 1977. In 2003 he collaborated with the group Myslovitz and re-recorded their older song ''Kraków''. His song ''Dni, których nie znamy'' (''The Days We Don't Know Yet'') is the anthem of the football club Korona Kielce.

Marek Grechuta died in 2006 being outlived by his wife Danuta (whom he married in 1970) and son Łukasz. He is buried in the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków.

Discography

1970 ''Marek Grechuta & Anawa'' (eng. ''Marek Grechuta & Anawa'')

1971 ''Korowód'' (eng. ''Procession'')

1972 ''Droga za widnokres'' (eng. ''Road Beyond the Horizon'')

1974 ''Magia obłoków'' (eng. ''Magic of the Clouds'')

1977 ''Szalona lokomotywa'' (eng. ''Crazy Locomotive'')

1979 ''Pieśni M. Grechuty do słów Tadeusza Nowaka'' (eng. ''Grechuta's Songs to Tadeusz Nowak's Lyrics'')

1981 ''Śpiewające obrazy'' (eng. ''Singing Pictures'')

1984 ''W malinowym chruśniaku'' (eng. ''In the Raspberry Brushwood)

1987 ''Wiosna – ach, to ty!'' (eng. ''Spring – Oh, It's You!'')

1989 ''Krajobraz pełen nadziei'' (eng. ''Landscape Full of Hope'')

1993 ''Jeszcze pożyjemy'' (eng. ''We Will Live'')

1994 ''Dziesięć ważnych słów'' (eng. ''Ten Important Words'')

1998 ''Serce'' (eng. ''Heart'')

2003 ''Niezwykłe miejsca'' (eng. ''Unusual Places'')

See also

Sung poetry

Category:1945 births Category:2006 deaths Category:People from Zamość Category:Polish composers Category:Polish singers Category:Polish male singers Category:Sung poetry of Poland Category:Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery

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