Olkusz [ˈɔlkuʂ] (Yiddish: עלקיש Elkish, German: 1941-45 Ilkenau) is a town in south Poland with 36,607 inhabitants (2014). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Olkusz County. From 1941 to 1945, the occupying Germans renamed the region to Ilkenau. Olkusz is called 'Silver Town" because of the large amount of silver that was found and mined here.
Discover the best top things to do in Lesser Poland Province, Poland including Arthropoda - Butterfly Museum, Collection of Minerals and Fossils of Olkusz and the Polsih Jura, Kolekcja Antoniego Kocyana, Muzeum Agatow W Rudnie, Muzeum Krakowa - Rynek Podziemny, Pieniny National Park entrance pavilion, Muzeum Przyrodnicze, Geological Museum of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Muzeum Przyrodnicze Instytutu Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierzat PAN.
Olkusz [ˈɔlkuʂ] (Yiddish: עלקיש Elkish, German: 1941-45 Ilkenau) is a town in south Poland with 36,607 inhabitants (2014). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Olkusz County. From 1941 to 1945, the occupying Germans renamed the region to Ilkenau. Olkusz is called 'Silver Town" because of the large amount of silver that was found and mined here.
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