Liban Quarry

The exploitation of limestones has been carried out here since the fourteenth century, and the oldest part of the quarry called "Za Tor" is located in today's street of the same name. In 1873, a Cracow entrepreneur of Jewish origin, Bernard Liban, set up a company dealing in the production of building lime and fertilizer, stone, foundation and paving stones. The company "Quarries and limestones Leban and Ehrenpreis" at the end of the 19th century was the most important company in the building materials industry in Krakow. During World War II, there was a Penal Building Service Camp for prisoners of Polish descent. The Nazis employed here about 800 people working 14 hours a day without holidays and Sundays. Today, a memorial after this period is a monument in a niche dedicated to the prisoners who died there. After the war, the plant was nationalized and employing up to 110 employees. In 1986, the deposit was deemed exhausted thus the site abandoned. In 1993 Spielberg used Liban in his Schindler's List and though most of the set removed, some traces remain mixed with the genuine leftovers (like the pathway with Jewish headstones which remained from the film set up). 

Keep in mind that you are entering the quarry at your own risk! If you want to access the towers, be careful of the rusty plates and corners! Also test before you step, especially the ladders. The attached map (as photo) may assist you to find the places