Zarys historii krakowskich urzędów górniczych

W artykule przedstawiono informacje dotyczące tworzenia i zmian zachodzących w urzędach górniczych funkcjonujących w Krakowie.

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The history of organised forms of mining supervision in Kraków dates back to the Middle Ages, i.e. to the issuance of Statut dla żup solnych (Statute for salt mines) by Casimir III the Great. Mining offices in Kraków operated in various forms depending on the political power and political system at a given time; in modern Times they operated as a mining starostwo, a district mining office, or a State Mining Office. The successor to these bodies is the District Mining Office in Kraków, which has been established in its current form by a regulation of 1946. As part of their activity, mining offices in Kraków have supervised the extraction of most of the minerals available in Poland: rock salt, crude oil, natural gas, hard coal, metal ores, brine, healing and thermal waters, rock minerals, sand, and gravel. In addition, they currently supervise over tourism flows in the historic Bochnia and Wieliczka salt mines and building a tunnel through the Luboń Mały mountain. Those employed in the District Mining Office in Kraków are committed to ensuring safety for persons working in mines, ensuring general safety, and limiting mining effects on the environment.